Centerville vs Palo Cedro

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

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

Palo Cedro has the higher population (3,561 vs 2,065 in Centerville). Palo Cedro has the higher median household income ($118,542 vs $117,356 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median home value ($546,700 vs $529,900 in Palo Cedro).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
Population	2,065	3,561
Median age	48.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$117,356	$118,542
Median home value	$546,700	$529,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,204
Housing units	852	1,219
Homeownership rate	96.1%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
Population	2,170 → 2,065 (-4.8%)	1,143 → 3,561 (+211.5%)
Median household income	$102,250 → $117,356 (+14.8%)	$74,931 → $118,542 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$408,300 → $546,700 (+33.9%)	$368,300 → $529,900 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,479 → $2,536 (+71.5%)	$1,806 → $1,204 (-33.3%)

Centerville

Population

2,1702,065

Median household income

$102,250$117,356

Median home value

$408,300$546,700

Median gross rent

$1,479$2,536

Palo Cedro

Population

1,1433,561

Median household income

$74,931$118,542

Median home value

$368,300$529,900

Median gross rent

$1,806$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
Under 5	5.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	88.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	7.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
No high school diploma	0.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.2%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
Drove alone	85.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
1-unit, detached	94.1%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Palo Cedro
Poverty rate	7.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1984	1978