Centertown vs Jefferson City

A side-by-side comparison of Centertown and Jefferson City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jefferson City has the higher population (42,565 vs 317 in Centertown). Jefferson City has the higher median household income ($67,205 vs $41,771 in Centertown). Jefferson City has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $127,300 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Jefferson City
Population	317	42,565
Median age	40.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,771	$67,205
Median home value	$127,300	$208,000
Median gross rent	$690	$766
Housing units	183	19,051
Homeownership rate	87.9%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Jefferson City
Population	318 → 317 (-0.3%)	42,919 → 42,565 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $41,771 (-18.5%)	$52,253 → $67,205 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $127,300 (+43.4%)	$147,800 → $208,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $690 (+15.0%)	$634 → $766 (+20.8%)

Centertown

Population

318317

Median household income

$51,250$41,771

Median home value

$88,800$127,300

Median gross rent

$600$690

Jefferson City

Population

42,91942,565

Median household income

$52,253$67,205

Median home value

$147,800$208,000

Median gross rent

$634$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Jefferson City
Under 5	5.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.3%
75 and over	11.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Jefferson City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Jefferson City
No high school diploma	14.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Jefferson City
Drove alone	81.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Jefferson City
1-unit, detached	86.3%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Jefferson City
Poverty rate	15.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1963	1978