Center Line vs Utica

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

Center Line and Utica 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 5,184 in Utica). Utica has the higher median household income ($55,524 vs $52,857 in Center Line). Utica has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $145,300 in Center Line).

Population, income & housing

	Center Line	Utica
Population	8,448	5,184
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,857	$55,524
Median home value	$145,300	$216,800
Median gross rent	$627	$984
Housing units	3,789	2,570
Homeownership rate	57.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Line	Utica
Population	8,260 → 8,448 (+2.3%)	5,006 → 5,184 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$45,242 → $52,857 (+16.8%)	$56,033 → $55,524 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $145,300 (+65.7%)	$156,800 → $216,800 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $627 (-7.9%)	$884 → $984 (+11.3%)

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

Utica

Population

5,0065,184

Median household income

$56,033$55,524

Median home value

$156,800$216,800

Median gross rent

$884$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Line	Utica
Under 5	3.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	15.5%
75 and over	4.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Line	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	80.7%
Black or African American	29.5%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Line	Utica
No high school diploma	13.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Line	Utica
Drove alone	74.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	15.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.4%
Other means	3.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Line	Utica
1-unit, detached	62.4%	33.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	23.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	17.2%
20 or more units	14.1%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Center Line	Utica
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1959	1976