Centerville vs Moulton

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

Centerville and Moulton 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 577 in Moulton). Moulton has the higher median household income ($56,806 vs $41,472 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $51,300 in Moulton).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Moulton
Population	5,377	577
Median age	47.2 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,472	$56,806
Median home value	$99,000	$51,300
Median gross rent	$758	$654
Housing units	2,846	301
Homeownership rate	57.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Moulton
Population	5,458 → 5,377 (-1.5%)	613 → 577 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$34,805 → $41,472 (+19.2%)	$38,125 → $56,806 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $99,000 (+44.7%)	$58,200 → $51,300 (-11.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $758 (+22.7%)	$508 → $654 (+28.7%)

Centerville

Population

5,4585,377

Median household income

$34,805$41,472

Median home value

$68,400$99,000

Median gross rent

$618$758

Moulton

Population

613577

Median household income

$38,125$56,806

Median home value

$58,200$51,300

Median gross rent

$508$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Moulton
Under 5	3.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	25.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	4.9%
75 and over	11.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Moulton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	99.3%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Moulton
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Moulton
Drove alone	79.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Moulton
1-unit, detached	69.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Moulton
Poverty rate	26.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	15	30
Median year structure built	1950	1974