Central City vs Odin

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

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

Central City has the higher population (1,123 vs 941 in Odin). Central City has the higher median household income ($47,750 vs $44,415 in Odin). Odin has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $43,900 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Odin
Population	1,123	941
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,750	$44,415
Median home value	$43,900	$105,000
Median gross rent	$888	$713
Housing units	592	439
Homeownership rate	72.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Odin
Population	1,256 → 1,123 (-10.6%)	1,062 → 941 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $47,750 (+14.0%)	$40,250 → $44,415 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$51,600 → $43,900 (-14.9%)	$54,100 → $105,000 (+94.1%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $888 (+17.5%)	$657 → $713 (+8.5%)

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

Odin

Population

1,062941

Median household income

$40,250$44,415

Median home value

$54,100$105,000

Median gross rent

$657$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Odin
Under 5	7.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	18.2%
75 and over	6.8%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Odin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Odin
No high school diploma	11.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Odin
Drove alone	81.9%	98.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	0.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Odin
1-unit, detached	63.0%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Odin
Poverty rate	27.7%	12.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1964	1967