Center vs Rensselaer

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

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

Center has the higher population (469 vs 262 in Rensselaer). Rensselaer has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $62,750 in Center). Rensselaer has the higher median home value ($198,900 vs $82,600 in Center).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Rensselaer
Population	469	262
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$80,625
Median home value	$82,600	$198,900
Median gross rent	$350	—
Housing units	206	97
Homeownership rate	83.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Rensselaer
Population	521 → 469 (-10.0%)	278 → 262 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $62,750 (+81.4%)	$87,083 → $80,625 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $82,600 (+31.3%)	$154,900 → $198,900 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $350 (-6.7%)	—

Center

Population

521469

Median household income

$34,583$62,750

Median home value

$62,900$82,600

Median gross rent

$375$350

Rensselaer

Population

278262

Median household income

$87,083$80,625

Median home value

$154,900$198,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Rensselaer
Under 5	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	18.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.7%
75 and over	8.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Rensselaer
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Rensselaer
No high school diploma	11.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	65.0%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	10.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Rensselaer
Drove alone	89.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Rensselaer
1-unit, detached	65.5%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Center	Rensselaer
Poverty rate	15.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1976	2000