Centerville vs Moravia

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

Centerville and Moravia 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 587 in Moravia). Moravia has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $41,472 in Centerville). Moravia has the higher median home value ($113,600 vs $99,000 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Moravia
Population	5,377	587
Median age	47.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,472	$53,750
Median home value	$99,000	$113,600
Median gross rent	$758	$758
Housing units	2,846	251
Homeownership rate	57.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Moravia
Population	5,458 → 5,377 (-1.5%)	611 → 587 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$34,805 → $41,472 (+19.2%)	$45,357 → $53,750 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $99,000 (+44.7%)	$81,300 → $113,600 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $758 (+22.7%)	$700 → $758 (+8.3%)

Centerville

Population

5,4585,377

Median household income

$34,805$41,472

Median home value

$68,400$99,000

Median gross rent

$618$758

Moravia

Population

611587

Median household income

$45,357$53,750

Median home value

$81,300$113,600

Median gross rent

$700$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Moravia
Under 5	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	19.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.4%
75 and over	11.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Moravia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Moravia
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Moravia
Drove alone	79.4%	90.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Moravia
1-unit, detached	69.8%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Moravia
Poverty rate	26.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1950	1959