Centralia vs Sageville

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

Centralia and Sageville 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 76 in Sageville). Sageville has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $73,750 in Centralia). Sageville has the higher median home value ($235,000 vs $230,000 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Sageville
Population	125	76
Median age	37.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$78,333
Median home value	$230,000	$235,000
Median gross rent	$975	—
Housing units	47	35
Homeownership rate	76.6%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Sageville
Population	123 → 125 (+1.6%)	55 → 76 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $73,750 (+25.5%)	$41,250 → $78,333 (+89.9%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $230,000 (+32.6%)	$156,300 → $235,000 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $975 (+31.4%)	$600 → $625 (+4.2%)

Centralia

Population

123125

Median household income

$58,750$73,750

Median home value

$173,400$230,000

Median gross rent

$742$975

Sageville

Population

5576

Median household income

$41,250$78,333

Median home value

$156,300$235,000

Median gross rent

$600$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Sageville
Under 5	9.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	2.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	17.1%
75 and over	1.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Sageville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Sageville
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Sageville
Drove alone	88.7%	89.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	10.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Sageville
1-unit, detached	78.7%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Sageville
Poverty rate	11.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1975	1969