Centre Hall vs Milesburg

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

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

Centre Hall has the higher population (1,548 vs 1,137 in Milesburg). Centre Hall has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $58,667 in Milesburg). Centre Hall has the higher median home value ($246,000 vs $174,500 in Milesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
Population	1,548	1,137
Median age	45.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$58,667
Median home value	$246,000	$174,500
Median gross rent	$1,030	$1,049
Housing units	663	478
Homeownership rate	71.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
Population	1,373 → 1,548 (+12.7%)	976 → 1,137 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$59,083 → $70,469 (+19.3%)	$53,750 → $58,667 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$204,100 → $246,000 (+20.5%)	$150,700 → $174,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,030 (+18.8%)	$733 → $1,049 (+43.1%)

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

Milesburg

Population

9761,137

Median household income

$53,750$58,667

Median home value

$150,700$174,500

Median gross rent

$733$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
Under 5	3.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	2.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	19.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	20.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.1%
75 and over	4.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
Drove alone	81.5%	90.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
1-unit, detached	79.9%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Centre Hall	Milesburg
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1950	1963