Centerville vs Fountain City

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

Centerville and Fountain City 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 718 in Fountain City). Centerville has the higher median household income ($50,724 vs $46,106 in Fountain City). Centerville has the higher median home value ($133,200 vs $96,900 in Fountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Fountain City
Population	2,748	718
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,724	$46,106
Median home value	$133,200	$96,900
Median gross rent	$799	$647
Housing units	1,183	370
Homeownership rate	67.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Fountain City
Population	2,579 → 2,748 (+6.6%)	740 → 718 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$47,045 → $50,724 (+7.8%)	$50,357 → $46,106 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $133,200 (+50.8%)	$78,100 → $96,900 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $799 (-9.8%)	$688 → $647 (-6.0%)

Centerville

Population

2,5792,748

Median household income

$47,045$50,724

Median home value

$88,300$133,200

Median gross rent

$886$799

Fountain City

Population

740718

Median household income

$50,357$46,106

Median home value

$78,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$688$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Fountain City
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Fountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Fountain City
No high school diploma	13.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Fountain City
Drove alone	84.0%	88.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Fountain City
1-unit, detached	77.2%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Fountain City
Poverty rate	16.0%	15.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1971	1952