Centralia vs Rocheport

A side-by-side comparison of Centralia and Rocheport: population, income, housing, and more.

Centralia and Rocheport are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centralia has the higher population (4,615 vs 215 in Rocheport). Rocheport has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $51,868 in Centralia). Rocheport has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $165,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Rocheport
Population	4,615	215
Median age	45.4 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,868	$58,125
Median home value	$165,600	$207,700
Median gross rent	$723	$1,048
Housing units	2,175	189
Homeownership rate	69.2%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Rocheport
Population	4,213 → 4,615 (+9.5%)	244 → 215 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$51,512 → $51,868 (+0.7%)	$39,821 → $58,125 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $165,600 (+48.1%)	$165,000 → $207,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $723 (+25.5%)	$938 → $1,048 (+11.7%)

Centralia

Population

4,2134,615

Median household income

$51,512$51,868

Median home value

$111,800$165,600

Median gross rent

$576$723

Rocheport

Population

244215

Median household income

$39,821$58,125

Median home value

$165,000$207,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Rocheport
Under 5	8.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	7.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	6.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	26.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	25.1%
75 and over	8.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Rocheport
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Rocheport
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Rocheport
Drove alone	66.9%	62.8%
Carpooled	18.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	16.1%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Rocheport
1-unit, detached	78.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Rocheport
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.26	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1972	1938