Centerville vs Franklinton

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

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

Franklinton has the higher population (2,562 vs 136 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($138,235 vs $64,053 in Franklinton). Franklinton has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $139,800 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Franklinton
Population	136	2,562
Median age	32.6 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$138,235	$64,053
Median home value	$139,800	$195,800
Median gross rent	—	$995
Housing units	48	1,091
Homeownership rate	93.8%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Franklinton
Population	359 → 136 (-62.1%)	2,260 → 2,562 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$90,804 → $138,235 (+52.2%)	$39,018 → $64,053 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$138,800 → $139,800 (+0.7%)	$99,900 → $195,800 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $690 (-0.7%)	$782 → $995 (+27.2%)

Centerville

Population

359136

Median household income

$90,804$138,235

Median home value

$138,800$139,800

Median gross rent

$695$690

Franklinton

Population

2,2602,562

Median household income

$39,018$64,053

Median home value

$99,900$195,800

Median gross rent

$782$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Franklinton
Under 5	24.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	4.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	30.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	30.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.7%
75 and over	0.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Franklinton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	51.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Franklinton
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	48.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Franklinton
Drove alone	88.6%	73.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Franklinton
1-unit, detached	29.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	70.8%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Franklinton
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	2013	1956