Centennial vs Four Square Mile

A side-by-side comparison of Centennial and Four Square Mile: population, income, housing, and more.

Centennial and Four Square Mile are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centennial has the higher population (107,386 vs 21,788 in Four Square Mile). Centennial has the higher median household income ($128,167 vs $73,318 in Four Square Mile). Centennial has the higher median home value ($626,700 vs $448,200 in Four Square Mile).

Population, income & housing

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
Population	107,386	21,788
Median age	41.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$128,167	$73,318
Median home value	$626,700	$448,200
Median gross rent	$2,061	$1,796
Housing units	42,513	10,634
Homeownership rate	81.3%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
Population	110,218 → 107,386 (-2.6%)	21,993 → 21,788 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$109,324 → $128,167 (+17.2%)	$61,994 → $73,318 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$433,800 → $626,700 (+44.5%)	$324,600 → $448,200 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,061 (+18.4%)	$1,409 → $1,796 (+27.5%)

Centennial

Population

110,218107,386

Median household income

$109,324$128,167

Median home value

$433,800$626,700

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,061

Four Square Mile

Population

21,99321,788

Median household income

$61,994$73,318

Median home value

$324,600$448,200

Median gross rent

$1,409$1,796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	27.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.5%
75 and over	7.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	49.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	6.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	12.2%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
Drove alone	65.6%	69.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.4%
Public transit	1.4%	2.7%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	24.7%	16.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
1-unit, detached	74.1%	13.2%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	35.3%
20 or more units	8.9%	32.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Centennial	Four Square Mile
Poverty rate	3.1%	15.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1982	1989