Centre Hall vs Houserville

A side-by-side comparison of Centre Hall and Houserville: population, income, housing, and more.

Centre Hall and Houserville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Houserville has the higher population (2,145 vs 1,548 in Centre Hall). Houserville has the higher median household income ($113,208 vs $70,469 in Centre Hall). Houserville has the higher median home value ($346,400 vs $246,000 in Centre Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Centre Hall	Houserville
Population	1,548	2,145
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$113,208
Median home value	$246,000	$346,400
Median gross rent	$1,030	$1,746
Housing units	663	950
Homeownership rate	71.9%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	66.8%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre Hall	Houserville
Population	1,373 → 1,548 (+12.7%)	1,972 → 2,145 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$59,083 → $70,469 (+19.3%)	$90,750 → $113,208 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$204,100 → $246,000 (+20.5%)	$225,700 → $346,400 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,030 (+18.8%)	$1,257 → $1,746 (+38.9%)

Centre Hall

Population

1,3731,548

Median household income

$59,083$70,469

Median home value

$204,100$246,000

Median gross rent

$867$1,030

Houserville

Population

1,9722,145

Median household income

$90,750$113,208

Median home value

$225,700$346,400

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre Hall	Houserville
Under 5	3.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	22.4%
45 to 54	19.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.3%
75 and over	4.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre Hall	Houserville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre Hall	Houserville
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre Hall	Houserville
Drove alone	81.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	10.8%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre Hall	Houserville
1-unit, detached	79.9%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centre Hall	Houserville
Poverty rate	7.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1950	1983