Central City vs Centralia

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Centralia: population, income, housing, and more.

Central City and Centralia are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centralia has the higher population (12,009 vs 1,123 in Central City). Central City has the higher median household income ($47,750 vs $47,308 in Centralia). Centralia has the higher median home value ($81,600 vs $43,900 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Centralia
Population	1,123	12,009
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,750	$47,308
Median home value	$43,900	$81,600
Median gross rent	$888	$775
Housing units	592	5,949
Homeownership rate	72.4%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Centralia
Population	1,256 → 1,123 (-10.6%)	12,356 → 12,009 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $47,750 (+14.0%)	$37,675 → $47,308 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$51,600 → $43,900 (-14.9%)	$69,400 → $81,600 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $888 (+17.5%)	$637 → $775 (+21.7%)

Central City

Population

1,2561,123

Median household income

$41,875$47,750

Median home value

$51,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$756$888

Centralia

Population

12,35612,009

Median household income

$37,675$47,308

Median home value

$69,400$81,600

Median gross rent

$637$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Centralia
Under 5	7.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.4%
75 and over	6.8%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Centralia
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Centralia
No high school diploma	11.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Centralia
Drove alone	81.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Centralia
1-unit, detached	63.0%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Centralia
Poverty rate	27.7%	22.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1964	1964