Centralia vs Corning

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

Centralia and Corning 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 153 in Corning). Corning has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $58,125 in Centralia). Corning has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $80,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Corning
Population	496	153
Median age	45.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$85,313
Median home value	$80,600	$108,300
Median gross rent	$930	—
Housing units	215	58
Homeownership rate	77.4%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Corning
Population	519 → 496 (-4.4%)	188 → 153 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$60,536 → $58,125 (-4.0%)	$61,875 → $85,313 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,600 (+22.1%)	$83,800 → $108,300 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $930 (+103.1%)	—

Centralia

Population

519496

Median household income

$60,536$58,125

Median home value

$66,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$458$930

Corning

Population

188153

Median household income

$61,875$85,313

Median home value

$83,800$108,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Corning
Under 5	5.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	29.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	20.3%
55 to 64	6.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	15.9%	4.6%
75 and over	12.7%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Corning
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	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	4.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Corning
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Corning
Drove alone	85.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Corning
1-unit, detached	84.7%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Corning
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1961	1941