Centertown vs Wardsville

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

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

Wardsville has the higher population (1,505 vs 317 in Centertown). Wardsville has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $41,771 in Centertown). Wardsville has the higher median home value ($309,900 vs $127,300 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Wardsville
Population	317	1,505
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,771	$117,500
Median home value	$127,300	$309,900
Median gross rent	$690	$717
Housing units	183	572
Homeownership rate	87.9%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Wardsville
Population	318 → 317 (-0.3%)	1,878 → 1,505 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $41,771 (-18.5%)	$92,813 → $117,500 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $127,300 (+43.4%)	$225,300 → $309,900 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $690 (+15.0%)	$786 → $717 (-8.8%)

Centertown

Population

318317

Median household income

$51,250$41,771

Median home value

$88,800$127,300

Median gross rent

$600$690

Wardsville

Population

1,8781,505

Median household income

$92,813$117,500

Median home value

$225,300$309,900

Median gross rent

$786$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Wardsville
Under 5	5.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	18.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.2%
75 and over	11.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Wardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	98.8%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Wardsville
No high school diploma	14.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Wardsville
Drove alone	81.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Wardsville
1-unit, detached	86.3%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Wardsville
Poverty rate	15.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1963	1996