Centerville vs Trotwood

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

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

Centerville has the higher population (24,815 vs 23,041 in Trotwood). Centerville has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $49,082 in Trotwood). Centerville has the higher median home value ($262,300 vs $99,500 in Trotwood).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Trotwood
Population	24,815	23,041
Median age	48.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,500	$49,082
Median home value	$262,300	$99,500
Median gross rent	$1,182	$974
Housing units	12,176	11,746
Homeownership rate	68.0%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Trotwood
Population	23,796 → 24,815 (+4.3%)	24,375 → 23,041 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$73,904 → $81,500 (+10.3%)	$36,778 → $49,082 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $262,300 (+40.3%)	$72,400 → $99,500 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,182 (+28.6%)	$763 → $974 (+27.7%)

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

Trotwood

Population

24,37523,041

Median household income

$36,778$49,082

Median home value

$72,400$99,500

Median gross rent

$763$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Trotwood
Under 5	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.5%
75 and over	15.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Trotwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	27.7%
Black or African American	6.9%	63.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Trotwood
No high school diploma	3.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	18.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Trotwood
Drove alone	76.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.5%	3.9%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	7.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Trotwood
1-unit, detached	55.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	11.8%
20 or more units	7.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Trotwood
Poverty rate	8.9%	21.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1978	1963