Centerville vs Mystic

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

Centerville and Mystic 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 257 in Mystic). Mystic has the higher median household income ($42,222 vs $41,472 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $56,900 in Mystic).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Mystic
Population	5,377	257
Median age	47.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,472	$42,222
Median home value	$99,000	$56,900
Median gross rent	$758	$621
Housing units	2,846	147
Homeownership rate	57.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Mystic
Population	5,458 → 5,377 (-1.5%)	364 → 257 (-29.4%)
Median household income	$34,805 → $41,472 (+19.2%)	$31,458 → $42,222 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $99,000 (+44.7%)	$44,700 → $56,900 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $758 (+22.7%)	$343 → $621 (+81.0%)

Centerville

Population

5,4585,377

Median household income

$34,805$41,472

Median home value

$68,400$99,000

Median gross rent

$618$758

Mystic

Population

364257

Median household income

$31,458$42,222

Median home value

$44,700$56,900

Median gross rent

$343$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Mystic
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	21.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.9%
75 and over	11.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Mystic
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	86.8%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Mystic
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Mystic
Drove alone	79.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Mystic
1-unit, detached	69.8%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	4.8%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Mystic
Poverty rate	26.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1950	1938