Centralia vs Zwingle

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

Centralia and Zwingle 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 81 in Zwingle). Centralia has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $126,800 in Zwingle). Since 2019, Zwingle's population has grown faster (+22.7% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Zwingle
Population	125	81
Median age	37.4 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	—
Median home value	$230,000	$126,800
Median gross rent	$975	$850
Housing units	47	39
Homeownership rate	76.6%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Zwingle
Population	123 → 125 (+1.6%)	66 → 81 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $73,750 (+25.5%)	$48,125 → $51,786 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $230,000 (+32.6%)	$82,500 → $126,800 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $975 (+31.4%)	$725 → $850 (+17.2%)

Centralia

Population

123125

Median household income

$58,750$73,750

Median home value

$173,400$230,000

Median gross rent

$742$975

Zwingle

Population

6681

Median household income

$48,125$51,786

Median home value

$82,500$126,800

Median gross rent

$725$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Zwingle
Under 5	9.6%	11.1%
5 to 17	23.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	6.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	1.2%
75 and over	1.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Zwingle
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	Zwingle
No high school diploma	2.7%	27.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Zwingle
Drove alone	88.7%	53.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	36.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.9%
Other means	2.8%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Zwingle
1-unit, detached	78.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Zwingle
Poverty rate	11.2%	42.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1975	1959