Centralia vs Sherrill

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

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

Sherrill has the higher population (185 vs 125 in Centralia). Sherrill has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $73,750 in Centralia). Centralia has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $214,700 in Sherrill).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Sherrill
Population	125	185
Median age	37.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$91,250
Median home value	$230,000	$214,700
Median gross rent	$975	$825
Housing units	47	81
Homeownership rate	76.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Sherrill
Population	123 → 125 (+1.6%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $73,750 (+25.5%)	$90,192 → $91,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $230,000 (+32.6%)	$230,000 → $214,700 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $975 (+31.4%)	$625 → $825 (+32.0%)

Centralia

Population

123125

Median household income

$58,750$73,750

Median home value

$173,400$230,000

Median gross rent

$742$975

Sherrill

Population

223185

Median household income

$90,192$91,250

Median home value

$230,000$214,700

Median gross rent

$625$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Sherrill
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	9.7%
75 and over	1.6%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Sherrill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.9%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Sherrill
No high school diploma	2.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Sherrill
Drove alone	88.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	17.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Sherrill
1-unit, detached	78.7%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Sherrill
Poverty rate	11.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1975	1956