Centerville vs Charenton

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

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

Charenton has the higher population (1,295 vs 643 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median home value ($326,700 vs $125,000 in Charenton). Since 2019, Centerville's population has grown faster (+94.3% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Charenton
Population	643	1,295
Median age	67.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,781
Median home value	$326,700	$125,000
Median gross rent	—	$938
Housing units	315	694
Homeownership rate	71.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Charenton
Population	331 → 643 (+94.3%)	1,500 → 1,295 (-13.7%)
Median household income	—	$49,180 → $55,781 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $326,700 (+177.6%)	$103,100 → $125,000 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$719 → $938 (+30.5%)

Centerville

Population

331643

Median home value

$117,700$326,700

Charenton

Population

1,5001,295

Median household income

$49,180$55,781

Median home value

$103,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$719$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Charenton
Under 5	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	4.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	3.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	20.2%	9.3%
75 and over	32.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Charenton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	35.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Charenton
No high school diploma	4.5%	11.8%
High school graduate	45.3%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Charenton
Drove alone	100.0%	94.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Charenton
1-unit, detached	82.5%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	39.0%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Charenton
Poverty rate	35.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1990	1995