A village that is half lake
Meyers Lake is mostly water. The village covers about 0.43 square miles, and only about 0.22 of that is land; the rest is the lake, which the county planning commission puts at 144 acres. The lake is named for Andrew Meyer, an early settler, and the planning commission credits Bezaleel Wells with first claiming it in 1812. The village incorporated in 1927.
Listings in the village carry Canton NW mailing addresses in ZIP code 44708, but Meyers Lake is its own incorporated village, not part of the City of Canton. When you pull your deed or tax bill, look for the village name in the taxing district, not the city.
The amusement park years
For half a century the name Meyers Lake also meant an amusement park. Meyers Lake Amusement Park entertained visitors from 1920 to 1974, and its photographs are part of the village’s Wikipedia record. Today the village is residential, and the census numbers below show how recent most of that housing is: the median home was built in 1989, decades after the park’s heyday.
Newer, attached and mostly owner-occupied
Meyers Lake’s housing looks nothing like the older villages of southern Stark County. Census estimates for 2020-2024, with the City of Canton next door for comparison:
| Measure | Meyers Lake | Canton city |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | About 535 | About 33,836 |
| Median year built | 1989 | 1947 |
| Built 1939 or earlier | About 8% | About 41% |
| Single-family detached | About 21% | About 69% |
| Owner-occupied | About 87% | About 49% |
| Vacant | About 5% | About 13% |
| Median home value (owner estimate) | About $225,000 | About $97,800 |
| Median gross rent | About $1,188 | About $850 |
With only about one home in five a detached house, most owners here hold condos, villas or other attached units. The population also grew, from 569 in 2010 to 724 in 2020, a rise of about 27%.
The gap with Canton is wide. The median owner-estimated value in Meyers Lake is more than twice the city’s, and the village’s homes are about four decades newer on average. So a Canton price list says little about your unit. A condo on Moonlight Bay Drive NW in the village, for example, was listed in 2026 at $348,500. Price yours against recent village sales, not the city’s.
Selling a condo or villa here
Selling an attached home brings the owners’ association into the deal. Expect unpaid dues and any special assessments on the unit to be settled out of your proceeds at closing, so gather the association’s contact details and your latest statement early. If the unit needs work inside, such as an old kitchen, worn flooring or a water leak from the unit above, it can still be sold as-is.
Who fixes what depends on your association’s declaration, so read it before you agree to any repair a buyer asks for. Our page on selling a house that needs work covers the as-is approach, and selling an inherited house covers the estate side.
Schools and the county side
Meyers Lake is part of Canton City Schools, whose territory includes the village. Estates go through the Stark County Probate Court in Canton; see our Stark County probate guide, and the Canton page for the city around the lake. The Stark County page covers the conveyance fee and other county rules.
If a direct sale fits your situation, here’s how it works.