Centerville vs Ola

A side-by-side comparison of Centerville and Ola: population, income, housing, and more.

Centerville and Ola are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ola has the higher population (977 vs 194 in Centerville). Since 2019, Ola's population has grown faster (-18.1% vs -50.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Ola
Population	194	977
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,250
Median home value	—	$66,700
Median gross rent	—	$504
Housing units	157	606
Homeownership rate	28.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	45.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Ola
Population	391 → 194 (-50.4%)	1,193 → 977 (-18.1%)
Median household income	—	$24,107 → $40,250 (+67.0%)
Median home value	—	$61,900 → $66,700 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$500 → $504 (+0.8%)

Centerville

Population

391194

Ola

Population

1,193977

Median household income

$24,107$40,250

Median home value

$61,900$66,700

Median gross rent

$500$504

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Ola
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	77.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	22.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Ola
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Ola
No high school diploma	0.0%	28.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	58.2%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Ola
Drove alone	100.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Ola
1-unit, detached	100.0%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Ola
Poverty rate	58.2%	39.0%
Average household size	1.24	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	—	1978