Balltown vs Centralia

A side-by-side comparison of Balltown and Centralia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centralia has the higher population (125 vs 88 in Balltown). Balltown has the higher median household income ($125,625 vs $73,750 in Centralia). Balltown has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $230,000 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Balltown	Centralia
Population	88	125
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,625	$73,750
Median home value	$261,500	$230,000
Median gross rent	—	$975
Housing units	30	47
Homeownership rate	93.3%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balltown	Centralia
Population	58 → 88 (+51.7%)	123 → 125 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $125,625 (+76.3%)	$58,750 → $73,750 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$193,800 → $261,500 (+34.9%)	$173,400 → $230,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $817 (-0.4%)	$742 → $975 (+31.4%)

Balltown

Population

5888

Median household income

$71,250$125,625

Median home value

$193,800$261,500

Median gross rent

$820$817

Centralia

Population

123125

Median household income

$58,750$73,750

Median home value

$173,400$230,000

Median gross rent

$742$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balltown	Centralia
Under 5	4.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	30.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	20.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	16.0%
75 and over	8.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balltown	Centralia
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balltown	Centralia
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balltown	Centralia
Drove alone	86.0%	88.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balltown	Centralia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Balltown	Centralia
Poverty rate	2.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.93	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1965	1975