Central City vs Wamac

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

Central City and Wamac 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 794 in Wamac). Central City has the higher median household income ($47,750 vs $40,000 in Wamac). Central City has the higher median home value ($43,900 vs $21,900 in Wamac).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Wamac
Population	1,123	794
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,750	$40,000
Median home value	$43,900	$21,900
Median gross rent	$888	$805
Housing units	592	395
Homeownership rate	72.4%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Wamac
Population	1,256 → 1,123 (-10.6%)	1,280 → 794 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $47,750 (+14.0%)	$31,667 → $40,000 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$51,600 → $43,900 (-14.9%)	$28,400 → $21,900 (-22.9%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $888 (+17.5%)	$671 → $805 (+20.0%)

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

Wamac

Population

1,280794

Median household income

$31,667$40,000

Median home value

$28,400$21,900

Median gross rent

$671$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Wamac
Under 5	7.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	23.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.8%
75 and over	6.8%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Wamac
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Wamac
No high school diploma	11.7%	17.8%
High school graduate	32.8%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Wamac
Drove alone	81.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	0.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Wamac
1-unit, detached	63.0%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Wamac
Poverty rate	27.7%	29.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1964	1964