Amelia vs Centerville

A side-by-side comparison of Amelia and Centerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Amelia and Centerville are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amelia has the higher population (2,161 vs 643 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median home value ($326,700 vs $80,400 in Amelia). Since 2019, Centerville's population has grown faster (+94.3% vs -2.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Amelia	Centerville
Population	2,161	643
Median age	32.9 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,060	—
Median home value	$80,400	$326,700
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	883	315
Homeownership rate	65.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amelia	Centerville
Population	2,215 → 2,161 (-2.4%)	331 → 643 (+94.3%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $48,060 (+55.9%)	—
Median home value	$33,100 → $80,400 (+142.9%)	$117,700 → $326,700 (+177.6%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $840 (+6.1%)	—

Amelia

Population

2,2152,161

Median household income

$30,833$48,060

Median home value

$33,100$80,400

Median gross rent

$792$840

Centerville

Population

331643

Median home value

$117,700$326,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amelia	Centerville
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	4.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	17.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	3.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	20.2%
75 and over	5.3%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amelia	Centerville
White (non-Hispanic)	22.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	57.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amelia	Centerville
No high school diploma	38.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	47.7%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amelia	Centerville
Drove alone	84.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amelia	Centerville
1-unit, detached	42.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.4%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Amelia	Centerville
Poverty rate	19.3%	35.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1978	1990