Centralia vs Goff

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

Centralia and Goff 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 90 in Goff). Centralia has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $50,000 in Goff). Since 2019, Centralia's population has grown faster (-4.4% vs -10.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Goff
Population	496	90
Median age	45.7 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	—
Median home value	$80,600	$50,000
Median gross rent	$930	—
Housing units	215	71
Homeownership rate	77.4%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Goff
Population	519 → 496 (-4.4%)	100 → 90 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$60,536 → $58,125 (-4.0%)	$44,688 → $67,500 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,600 (+22.1%)	$40,000 → $50,000 (+25.0%)
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

Goff

Population

10090

Median household income

$44,688$67,500

Median home value

$40,000$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Goff
Under 5	5.4%	21.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	13.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	15.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	4.4%
75 and over	12.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Goff
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Goff
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Goff
Drove alone	85.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Goff
1-unit, detached	84.7%	52.1%
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%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Goff
Poverty rate	7.1%	53.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	37
Median year structure built	1961	1972