Center Point vs Central City

A side-by-side comparison of Center Point and Central City: population, income, housing, and more.

Center Point and Central City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Center Point has the higher population (2,575 vs 1,266 in Central City). Center Point has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $81,607 in Central City). Center Point has the higher median home value ($215,800 vs $166,400 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Central City
Population	2,575	1,266
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$81,607
Median home value	$215,800	$166,400
Median gross rent	$1,022	$715
Housing units	1,048	573
Homeownership rate	76.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Central City
Population	2,543 → 2,575 (+1.3%)	1,280 → 1,266 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$80,577 → $92,500 (+14.8%)	$63,068 → $81,607 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $215,800 (+31.4%)	$135,700 → $166,400 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,022 (+40.2%)	$505 → $715 (+41.6%)

Center Point

Population

2,5432,575

Median household income

$80,577$92,500

Median home value

$164,200$215,800

Median gross rent

$729$1,022

Central City

Population

1,2801,266

Median household income

$63,068$81,607

Median home value

$135,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$505$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Point	Central City
Under 5	6.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.1%
75 and over	4.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Central City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Central City
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	28.3%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Central City
Drove alone	73.1%	70.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Central City
1-unit, detached	85.9%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Central City
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1977	1958