Centerville vs Cincinnati

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

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

Centerville has the higher population (5,377 vs 201 in Cincinnati). Cincinnati has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $41,472 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $42,500 in Cincinnati).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Cincinnati
Population	5,377	201
Median age	47.2 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,472	$43,750
Median home value	$99,000	$42,500
Median gross rent	$758	$817
Housing units	2,846	112
Homeownership rate	57.0%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Cincinnati
Population	5,458 → 5,377 (-1.5%)	340 → 201 (-40.9%)
Median household income	$34,805 → $41,472 (+19.2%)	$50,000 → $43,750 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $99,000 (+44.7%)	$52,800 → $42,500 (-19.5%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $758 (+22.7%)	$608 → $817 (+34.4%)

Centerville

Population

5,4585,377

Median household income

$34,805$41,472

Median home value

$68,400$99,000

Median gross rent

$618$758

Cincinnati

Population

340201

Median household income

$50,000$43,750

Median home value

$52,800$42,500

Median gross rent

$608$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Cincinnati
Under 5	3.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	19.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	16.9%
75 and over	11.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Cincinnati
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Cincinnati
No high school diploma	10.4%	26.1%
High school graduate	41.3%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Cincinnati
Drove alone	79.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Cincinnati
1-unit, detached	69.8%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Cincinnati
Poverty rate	26.7%	17.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1950	1958