Central City vs Springville

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

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

Central City has the higher population (1,266 vs 1,210 in Springville). Springville has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $81,607 in Central City). Springville has the higher median home value ($175,900 vs $166,400 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Springville
Population	1,266	1,210
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,607	$96,250
Median home value	$166,400	$175,900
Median gross rent	$715	$1,000
Housing units	573	529
Homeownership rate	79.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Springville
Population	1,280 → 1,266 (-1.1%)	1,092 → 1,210 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$63,068 → $81,607 (+29.4%)	$63,365 → $96,250 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $166,400 (+22.6%)	$128,400 → $175,900 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $715 (+41.6%)	$704 → $1,000 (+42.0%)

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

Springville

Population

1,0921,210

Median household income

$63,365$96,250

Median home value

$128,400$175,900

Median gross rent

$704$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Springville
Under 5	7.5%	11.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.9%
75 and over	9.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Springville
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Springville
Drove alone	70.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Springville
1-unit, detached	83.1%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Springville
Poverty rate	4.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1958	1964