Centralia vs Wetmore

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

Centralia and Wetmore 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 325 in Wetmore). Wetmore has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $58,125 in Centralia). Wetmore has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $80,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Wetmore
Population	496	325
Median age	45.7 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$65,000
Median home value	$80,600	$85,000
Median gross rent	$930	$542
Housing units	215	130
Homeownership rate	77.4%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Wetmore
Population	519 → 496 (-4.4%)	303 → 325 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$60,536 → $58,125 (-4.0%)	$48,750 → $65,000 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,600 (+22.1%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $930 (+103.1%)	$700 → $542 (-22.6%)

Centralia

Population

519496

Median household income

$60,536$58,125

Median home value

$66,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$458$930

Wetmore

Population

303325

Median household income

$48,750$65,000

Median home value

$70,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$700$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Wetmore
Under 5	5.4%	10.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	6.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	5.2%
75 and over	12.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Wetmore
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Wetmore
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Wetmore
Drove alone	85.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	13.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Wetmore
1-unit, detached	84.7%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Wetmore
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	18	38
Median year structure built	1961	1957