Center vs New London

A side-by-side comparison of Center and New London: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New London has the higher population (1,118 vs 469 in Center). Center has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $47,292 in New London). New London has the higher median home value ($126,900 vs $82,600 in Center).

Population, income & housing

	Center	New London
Population	469	1,118
Median age	42.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$47,292
Median home value	$82,600	$126,900
Median gross rent	$350	$748
Housing units	206	490
Homeownership rate	83.6%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	New London
Population	521 → 469 (-10.0%)	852 → 1,118 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $62,750 (+81.4%)	$55,938 → $47,292 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $82,600 (+31.3%)	$84,000 → $126,900 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $350 (-6.7%)	$767 → $748 (-2.5%)

Center

Population

521469

Median household income

$34,583$62,750

Median home value

$62,900$82,600

Median gross rent

$375$350

New London

Population

8521,118

Median household income

$55,938$47,292

Median home value

$84,000$126,900

Median gross rent

$767$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	New London
Under 5	4.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.3%
75 and over	8.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	New London
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	New London
No high school diploma	11.6%	15.3%
High school graduate	65.0%	60.3%
Some college or associate's	10.7%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	New London
Drove alone	89.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	New London
1-unit, detached	65.5%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Center	New London
Poverty rate	15.3%	23.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1976	1962