Center Line vs Romeo

A side-by-side comparison of Center Line and Romeo: population, income, housing, and more.

Center Line and Romeo are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Center Line has the higher population (8,448 vs 3,654 in Romeo). Romeo has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $52,857 in Center Line). Romeo has the higher median home value ($245,700 vs $145,300 in Center Line).

Population, income & housing

	Center Line	Romeo
Population	8,448	3,654
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,857	$73,500
Median home value	$145,300	$245,700
Median gross rent	$627	$1,010
Housing units	3,789	1,814
Homeownership rate	57.3%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Line	Romeo
Population	8,260 → 8,448 (+2.3%)	3,836 → 3,654 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$45,242 → $52,857 (+16.8%)	$58,668 → $73,500 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $145,300 (+65.7%)	$189,000 → $245,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $627 (-7.9%)	$785 → $1,010 (+28.7%)

Center Line

Population

8,2608,448

Median household income

$45,242$52,857

Median home value

$87,700$145,300

Median gross rent

$681$627

Romeo

Population

3,8363,654

Median household income

$58,668$73,500

Median home value

$189,000$245,700

Median gross rent

$785$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Line	Romeo
Under 5	3.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.6%
75 and over	4.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Line	Romeo
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	85.6%
Black or African American	29.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Line	Romeo
No high school diploma	13.1%	14.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Line	Romeo
Drove alone	74.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.7%
Other means	3.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Line	Romeo
1-unit, detached	62.4%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	20.9%
20 or more units	14.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Center Line	Romeo
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1959	1967