Centerville vs Columbus

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (4,211 vs 3,915 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($119,361 vs $117,917 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median home value ($439,200 vs $364,700 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Columbus
Population	3,915	4,211
Median age	40.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,361	$117,917
Median home value	$364,700	$439,200
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,534
Housing units	1,463	1,699
Homeownership rate	90.8%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Columbus
Population	3,985 → 3,915 (-1.8%)	4,055 → 4,211 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$107,794 → $119,361 (+10.7%)	$89,773 → $117,917 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $364,700 (+38.4%)	$275,300 → $439,200 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,453 (+24.9%)	$888 → $1,534 (+72.7%)

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

Columbus

Population

4,0554,211

Median household income

$89,773$117,917

Median home value

$275,300$439,200

Median gross rent

$888$1,534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Columbus
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	21.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.3%
75 and over	6.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.9%
Asian	2.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Columbus
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	15.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Columbus
Drove alone	66.7%	79.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Columbus
1-unit, detached	77.6%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Columbus
Poverty rate	1.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1993	1984