Centerville vs Circle Pines

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

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

Circle Pines has the higher population (4,980 vs 3,915 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($119,361 vs $96,477 in Circle Pines). Centerville has the higher median home value ($364,700 vs $277,300 in Circle Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Circle Pines
Population	3,915	4,980
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,361	$96,477
Median home value	$364,700	$277,300
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,337
Housing units	1,463	2,027
Homeownership rate	90.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Circle Pines
Population	3,985 → 3,915 (-1.8%)	4,950 → 4,980 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$107,794 → $119,361 (+10.7%)	$83,224 → $96,477 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $364,700 (+38.4%)	$197,100 → $277,300 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,453 (+24.9%)	$1,308 → $1,337 (+2.2%)

Centerville

Population

3,9853,915

Median household income

$107,794$119,361

Median home value

$263,500$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,453

Circle Pines

Population

4,9504,980

Median household income

$83,224$96,477

Median home value

$197,100$277,300

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Circle Pines
Under 5	6.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.6%
75 and over	6.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Circle Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	2.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Circle Pines
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	15.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Circle Pines
Drove alone	66.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	27.4%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Circle Pines
1-unit, detached	77.6%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Circle Pines
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1993	1982