Centerville vs Nowthen

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

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

Nowthen has the higher population (4,539 vs 3,915 in Centerville). Nowthen has the higher median household income ($134,491 vs $119,361 in Centerville). Nowthen has the higher median home value ($440,200 vs $364,700 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Nowthen
Population	3,915	4,539
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,361	$134,491
Median home value	$364,700	$440,200
Median gross rent	$1,453	—
Housing units	1,463	1,487
Homeownership rate	90.8%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Nowthen
Population	3,985 → 3,915 (-1.8%)	4,682 → 4,539 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$107,794 → $119,361 (+10.7%)	$107,688 → $134,491 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $364,700 (+38.4%)	$329,600 → $440,200 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,453 (+24.9%)	$1,607 → $1,474 (-8.3%)

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

Nowthen

Population

4,6824,539

Median household income

$107,688$134,491

Median home value

$329,600$440,200

Median gross rent

$1,607$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Nowthen
Under 5	6.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	17.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.6%
75 and over	6.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Nowthen
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Nowthen
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	15.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Nowthen
Drove alone	66.7%	66.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Nowthen
1-unit, detached	77.6%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Nowthen
Poverty rate	1.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.68	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1993	1995