Centralia vs Sturgeon

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

Centralia and Sturgeon 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 1,143 in Sturgeon). Sturgeon has the higher median household income ($66,500 vs $51,868 in Centralia). Centralia has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $139,300 in Sturgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Sturgeon
Population	4,615	1,143
Median age	45.4 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,868	$66,500
Median home value	$165,600	$139,300
Median gross rent	$723	$886
Housing units	2,175	555
Homeownership rate	69.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Sturgeon
Population	4,213 → 4,615 (+9.5%)	990 → 1,143 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$51,512 → $51,868 (+0.7%)	$52,500 → $66,500 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $165,600 (+48.1%)	$101,800 → $139,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $723 (+25.5%)	$755 → $886 (+17.4%)

Centralia

Population

4,2134,615

Median household income

$51,512$51,868

Median home value

$111,800$165,600

Median gross rent

$576$723

Sturgeon

Population

9901,143

Median household income

$52,500$66,500

Median home value

$101,800$139,300

Median gross rent

$755$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Sturgeon
Under 5	8.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.6%
75 and over	8.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Sturgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Sturgeon
No high school diploma	11.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Sturgeon
Drove alone	66.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	18.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Sturgeon
1-unit, detached	78.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Sturgeon
Poverty rate	12.0%	4.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1972	1960