Bunker vs Centerville

A side-by-side comparison of Bunker and Centerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bunker has the higher population (323 vs 235 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median home value ($61,900 vs $49,000 in Bunker). Since 2019, Centerville's population has grown faster (+18.7% vs +9.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker	Centerville
Population	323	235
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,136
Median home value	$49,000	$61,900
Median gross rent	$431	$525
Housing units	183	99
Homeownership rate	43.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker	Centerville
Population	294 → 323 (+9.9%)	198 → 235 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$24,038 → $21,250 (-11.6%)	$35,833 → $41,136 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$48,900 → $49,000 (+0.2%)	$58,600 → $61,900 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$241 → $431 (+78.8%)	$638 → $525 (-17.7%)

Bunker

Population

294323

Median household income

$24,038$21,250

Median home value

$48,900$49,000

Median gross rent

$241$431

Centerville

Population

198235

Median household income

$35,833$41,136

Median home value

$58,600$61,900

Median gross rent

$638$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunker	Centerville
Under 5	9.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	6.4%
18 to 24	16.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	24.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.9%
75 and over	4.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker	Centerville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	91.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker	Centerville
No high school diploma	10.9%	21.4%
High school graduate	56.9%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker	Centerville
Drove alone	76.4%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	5.9%
Walked	7.3%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker	Centerville
1-unit, detached	39.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	46.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Bunker	Centerville
Poverty rate	37.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1974	1970