Bern vs Centralia

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

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

Centralia has the higher population (496 vs 132 in Bern). Bern has the higher median household income ($61,944 vs $58,125 in Centralia). Bern has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $80,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Bern	Centralia
Population	132	496
Median age	48.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$58,125
Median home value	$120,300	$80,600
Median gross rent	—	$930
Housing units	82	215
Homeownership rate	85.9%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bern	Centralia
Population	170 → 132 (-22.4%)	519 → 496 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $61,944 (-15.3%)	$60,536 → $58,125 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $120,300 (+64.8%)	$66,000 → $80,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $758 (+21.3%)	$458 → $930 (+103.1%)

Bern

Population

170132

Median household income

$73,125$61,944

Median home value

$73,000$120,300

Median gross rent

$625$758

Centralia

Population

519496

Median household income

$60,536$58,125

Median home value

$66,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$458$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bern	Centralia
Under 5	1.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	3.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	26.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	15.9%
75 and over	9.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bern	Centralia
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bern	Centralia
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bern	Centralia
Drove alone	65.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	26.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bern	Centralia
1-unit, detached	95.1%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Bern	Centralia
Poverty rate	9.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1954	1961