Centralia vs Sandoval

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

Centralia and Sandoval 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 883 in Sandoval). Sandoval has the higher median household income ($51,827 vs $47,308 in Centralia). Centralia has the higher median home value ($81,600 vs $60,300 in Sandoval).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Sandoval
Population	12,009	883
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,308	$51,827
Median home value	$81,600	$60,300
Median gross rent	$775	$439
Housing units	5,949	514
Homeownership rate	64.2%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Sandoval
Population	12,356 → 12,009 (-2.8%)	1,207 → 883 (-26.8%)
Median household income	$37,675 → $47,308 (+25.6%)	$38,571 → $51,827 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $81,600 (+17.6%)	$48,400 → $60,300 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $775 (+21.7%)	$549 → $439 (-20.0%)

Centralia

Population

12,35612,009

Median household income

$37,675$47,308

Median home value

$69,400$81,600

Median gross rent

$637$775

Sandoval

Population

1,207883

Median household income

$38,571$51,827

Median home value

$48,400$60,300

Median gross rent

$549$439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Sandoval
Under 5	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	19.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.3%
75 and over	10.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Sandoval
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	90.3%
Black or African American	9.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Sandoval
No high school diploma	11.0%	26.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Sandoval
Drove alone	79.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.9%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	11.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Sandoval
1-unit, detached	75.9%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	42.8%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Sandoval
Poverty rate	22.6%	23.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1964	1978