Centenary vs Universal

A side-by-side comparison of Centenary and Universal: population, income, housing, and more.

Centenary and Universal are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Universal has the higher population (273 vs 74 in Centenary). Universal has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $33,063 in Centenary). Centenary has the higher median home value ($74,400 vs $70,500 in Universal).

Population, income & housing

	Centenary	Universal
Population	74	273
Median age	59.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,063	$63,250
Median home value	$74,400	$70,500
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	49	127
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centenary	Universal
Population	42 → 74 (+76.2%)	325 → 273 (-16.0%)
Median household income	—	$47,500 → $63,250 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $74,400 (-42.8%)	$56,100 → $70,500 (+25.7%)

Centenary

Population

4274

Median home value

$130,000$74,400

Universal

Population

325273

Median household income

$47,500$63,250

Median home value

$56,100$70,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centenary	Universal
Under 5	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.2%
55 to 64	23.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	8.8%
75 and over	20.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centenary	Universal
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centenary	Universal
No high school diploma	50.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	19.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centenary	Universal
Drove alone	100.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centenary	Universal
1-unit, detached	57.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Centenary	Universal
Poverty rate	6.8%	14.7%
Average household size	1.51	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1987	1951