Centralia vs Odin

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

Centralia and Odin 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 941 in Odin). Centralia has the higher median household income ($47,308 vs $44,415 in Odin). Odin has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $81,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Odin
Population	12,009	941
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,308	$44,415
Median home value	$81,600	$105,000
Median gross rent	$775	$713
Housing units	5,949	439
Homeownership rate	64.2%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Odin
Population	12,356 → 12,009 (-2.8%)	1,062 → 941 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$37,675 → $47,308 (+25.6%)	$40,250 → $44,415 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $81,600 (+17.6%)	$54,100 → $105,000 (+94.1%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $775 (+21.7%)	$657 → $713 (+8.5%)

Centralia

Population

12,35612,009

Median household income

$37,675$47,308

Median home value

$69,400$81,600

Median gross rent

$637$775

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)

	Centralia	Odin
Under 5	6.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	4.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	18.2%
75 and over	10.8%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Odin
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	95.6%
Black or African American	9.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Odin
No high school diploma	11.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Odin
Drove alone	79.2%	98.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Odin
1-unit, detached	75.9%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Odin
Poverty rate	22.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1964	1967