Centerville vs Ellington

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

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

Ellington has the higher population (1,104 vs 235 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($41,136 vs $33,953 in Ellington). Ellington has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $61,900 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Ellington
Population	235	1,104
Median age	38.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,136	$33,953
Median home value	$61,900	$70,000
Median gross rent	$525	$678
Housing units	99	431
Homeownership rate	62.2%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	33.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Ellington
Population	198 → 235 (+18.7%)	1,182 → 1,104 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $41,136 (+14.8%)	$24,891 → $33,953 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $61,900 (+5.6%)	$54,800 → $70,000 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $525 (-17.7%)	$590 → $678 (+14.9%)

Centerville

Population

198235

Median household income

$35,833$41,136

Median home value

$58,600$61,900

Median gross rent

$638$525

Ellington

Population

1,1821,104

Median household income

$24,891$33,953

Median home value

$54,800$70,000

Median gross rent

$590$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Ellington
Under 5	4.7%	9.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	24.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.5%
75 and over	5.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Ellington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	6.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Ellington
No high school diploma	21.4%	29.6%
High school graduate	28.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Ellington
Drove alone	73.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	15.8%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.8%
Other means	1.7%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Ellington
1-unit, detached	69.7%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Ellington
Poverty rate	19.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1970	1972