Centralia vs Seneca

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

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

Seneca has the higher population (2,139 vs 496 in Centralia). Seneca has the higher median household income ($70,221 vs $58,125 in Centralia). Seneca has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $80,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Seneca
Population	496	2,139
Median age	45.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$70,221
Median home value	$80,600	$217,000
Median gross rent	$930	$607
Housing units	215	970
Homeownership rate	77.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Seneca
Population	519 → 496 (-4.4%)	2,084 → 2,139 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$60,536 → $58,125 (-4.0%)	$53,478 → $70,221 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,600 (+22.1%)	$151,800 → $217,000 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $930 (+103.1%)	$522 → $607 (+16.3%)

Centralia

Population

519496

Median household income

$60,536$58,125

Median home value

$66,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$458$930

Seneca

Population

2,0842,139

Median household income

$53,478$70,221

Median home value

$151,800$217,000

Median gross rent

$522$607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Seneca
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	6.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.4%
75 and over	12.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Seneca
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Seneca
Drove alone	85.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	5.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Seneca
1-unit, detached	84.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Seneca
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	18	10
Median year structure built	1961	1976