Centralia vs Sabetha

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

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

Sabetha has the higher population (2,326 vs 496 in Centralia). Sabetha has the higher median household income ($67,794 vs $58,125 in Centralia). Sabetha has the higher median home value ($146,000 vs $80,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Sabetha
Population	496	2,326
Median age	45.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$67,794
Median home value	$80,600	$146,000
Median gross rent	$930	$693
Housing units	215	1,264
Homeownership rate	77.4%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Sabetha
Population	519 → 496 (-4.4%)	2,552 → 2,326 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$60,536 → $58,125 (-4.0%)	$54,810 → $67,794 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,600 (+22.1%)	$108,500 → $146,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $930 (+103.1%)	$643 → $693 (+7.8%)

Centralia

Population

519496

Median household income

$60,536$58,125

Median home value

$66,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$458$930

Sabetha

Population

2,5522,326

Median household income

$54,810$67,794

Median home value

$108,500$146,000

Median gross rent

$643$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Sabetha
Under 5	5.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	6.9%	7.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	10.7%
75 and over	12.7%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Sabetha
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Sabetha
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.2%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Sabetha
Drove alone	85.4%	90.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Sabetha
1-unit, detached	84.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Sabetha
Poverty rate	7.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	10
Median year structure built	1961	1971