Centennial vs Littleton

A side-by-side comparison of Centennial and Littleton: population, income, housing, and more.

Centennial and Littleton 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 45,092 in Littleton). Centennial has the higher median household income ($128,167 vs $96,611 in Littleton). Centennial has the higher median home value ($626,700 vs $596,700 in Littleton).

Population, income & housing

	Centennial	Littleton
Population	107,386	45,092
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$128,167	$96,611
Median home value	$626,700	$596,700
Median gross rent	$2,061	$1,731
Housing units	42,513	21,506
Homeownership rate	81.3%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centennial	Littleton
Population	110,218 → 107,386 (-2.6%)	47,989 → 45,092 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$109,324 → $128,167 (+17.2%)	$76,015 → $96,611 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$433,800 → $626,700 (+44.5%)	$410,900 → $596,700 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,061 (+18.4%)	$1,286 → $1,731 (+34.6%)

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

Littleton

Population

47,98945,092

Median household income

$76,015$96,611

Median home value

$410,900$596,700

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centennial	Littleton
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centennial	Littleton
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centennial	Littleton
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	12.2%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centennial	Littleton
Drove alone	65.6%	67.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.2%
Public transit	1.4%	2.9%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	24.7%	21.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centennial	Littleton
1-unit, detached	74.1%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	16.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	19.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Centennial	Littleton
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1982	1981