Centerville vs Exline

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

Centerville and Exline 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 96 in Exline). Centerville has the higher median household income ($41,472 vs $36,250 in Exline). Centerville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $75,000 in Exline).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Exline
Population	5,377	96
Median age	47.2 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,472	$36,250
Median home value	$99,000	$75,000
Median gross rent	$758	$933
Housing units	2,846	53
Homeownership rate	57.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Exline
Population	5,458 → 5,377 (-1.5%)	186 → 96 (-48.4%)
Median household income	$34,805 → $41,472 (+19.2%)	$31,125 → $36,250 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $99,000 (+44.7%)	$41,000 → $75,000 (+82.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $758 (+22.7%)	$675 → $933 (+38.2%)

Centerville

Population

5,4585,377

Median household income

$34,805$41,472

Median home value

$68,400$99,000

Median gross rent

$618$758

Exline

Population

18696

Median household income

$31,125$36,250

Median home value

$41,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$675$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Exline
Under 5	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	2.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.7%
75 and over	11.8%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Exline
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	93.8%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Exline
No high school diploma	10.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Exline
Drove alone	79.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.1%	2.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Exline
1-unit, detached	69.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
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%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Exline
Poverty rate	26.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1950	1938