Centreville vs Colon

A side-by-side comparison of Centreville and Colon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centreville has the higher population (1,591 vs 1,432 in Colon). Centreville has the higher median household income ($65,952 vs $53,750 in Colon). Centreville has the higher median home value ($145,200 vs $123,700 in Colon).

Population, income & housing

	Centreville	Colon
Population	1,591	1,432
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,952	$53,750
Median home value	$145,200	$123,700
Median gross rent	$781	$745
Housing units	509	837
Homeownership rate	72.0%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centreville	Colon
Population	1,278 → 1,591 (+24.5%)	1,133 → 1,432 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$52,929 → $65,952 (+24.6%)	$46,364 → $53,750 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $145,200 (+59.9%)	$90,300 → $123,700 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $781 (+16.9%)	$555 → $745 (+34.2%)

Centreville

Population

1,2781,591

Median household income

$52,929$65,952

Median home value

$90,800$145,200

Median gross rent

$668$781

Colon

Population

1,1331,432

Median household income

$46,364$53,750

Median home value

$90,300$123,700

Median gross rent

$555$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centreville	Colon
Under 5	5.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	5.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	17.8%
75 and over	5.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centreville	Colon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centreville	Colon
No high school diploma	13.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centreville	Colon
Drove alone	74.1%	59.0%
Carpooled	22.9%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.6%
Worked from home	0.4%	11.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centreville	Colon
1-unit, detached	65.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Centreville	Colon
Poverty rate	10.1%	15.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1958	1952