Centertown vs Taos

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

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

Taos has the higher population (1,334 vs 317 in Centertown). Taos has the higher median household income ($103,594 vs $41,771 in Centertown). Taos has the higher median home value ($256,000 vs $127,300 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Taos
Population	317	1,334
Median age	40.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,771	$103,594
Median home value	$127,300	$256,000
Median gross rent	$690	$425
Housing units	183	508
Homeownership rate	87.9%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Taos
Population	318 → 317 (-0.3%)	1,349 → 1,334 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $41,771 (-18.5%)	$85,703 → $103,594 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $127,300 (+43.4%)	$170,200 → $256,000 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $690 (+15.0%)	$391 → $425 (+8.7%)

Centertown

Population

318317

Median household income

$51,250$41,771

Median home value

$88,800$127,300

Median gross rent

$600$690

Taos

Population

1,3491,334

Median household income

$85,703$103,594

Median home value

$170,200$256,000

Median gross rent

$391$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Taos
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	18.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	6.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.1%
75 and over	11.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Taos
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Taos
No high school diploma	14.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	38.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Taos
Drove alone	81.8%	85.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Taos
1-unit, detached	86.3%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Taos
Poverty rate	15.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1963	1982