Centerville vs Kettering

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

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

Kettering has the higher population (57,442 vs 24,815 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $71,619 in Kettering). Centerville has the higher median home value ($262,300 vs $192,500 in Kettering).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Kettering
Population	24,815	57,442
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,500	$71,619
Median home value	$262,300	$192,500
Median gross rent	$1,182	$983
Housing units	12,176	27,480
Homeownership rate	68.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Kettering
Population	23,796 → 24,815 (+4.3%)	55,390 → 57,442 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$73,904 → $81,500 (+10.3%)	$58,970 → $71,619 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $262,300 (+40.3%)	$133,800 → $192,500 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,182 (+28.6%)	$807 → $983 (+21.8%)

Centerville

Population

23,79624,815

Median household income

$73,904$81,500

Median home value

$186,900$262,300

Median gross rent

$919$1,182

Kettering

Population

55,39057,442

Median household income

$58,970$71,619

Median home value

$133,800$192,500

Median gross rent

$807$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Kettering
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.2%
75 and over	15.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Kettering
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	84.1%
Black or African American	6.9%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Kettering
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Kettering
Drove alone	76.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	1.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Kettering
1-unit, detached	55.1%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	7.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Kettering
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1978	1961