Cambridge City vs Centerville

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge City and Centerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centerville has the higher population (2,748 vs 1,623 in Cambridge City). Centerville has the higher median household income ($50,724 vs $46,500 in Cambridge City). Centerville has the higher median home value ($133,200 vs $97,400 in Cambridge City).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge City	Centerville
Population	1,623	2,748
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$50,724
Median home value	$97,400	$133,200
Median gross rent	$767	$799
Housing units	878	1,183
Homeownership rate	71.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge City	Centerville
Population	1,744 → 1,623 (-6.9%)	2,579 → 2,748 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$37,685 → $46,500 (+23.4%)	$47,045 → $50,724 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $97,400 (+36.2%)	$88,300 → $133,200 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $767 (+13.5%)	$886 → $799 (-9.8%)

Cambridge City

Population

1,7441,623

Median household income

$37,685$46,500

Median home value

$71,500$97,400

Median gross rent

$676$767

Centerville

Population

2,5792,748

Median household income

$47,045$50,724

Median home value

$88,300$133,200

Median gross rent

$886$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge City	Centerville
Under 5	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.9%
75 and over	7.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge City	Centerville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge City	Centerville
No high school diploma	12.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge City	Centerville
Drove alone	88.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	8.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge City	Centerville
1-unit, detached	88.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge City	Centerville
Poverty rate	20.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1950	1971