Centre Hall vs Zion

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

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

Zion has the higher population (2,173 vs 1,548 in Centre Hall). Zion has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $70,469 in Centre Hall). Zion has the higher median home value ($337,100 vs $246,000 in Centre Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Centre Hall	Zion
Population	1,548	2,173
Median age	45.0 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$100,000
Median home value	$246,000	$337,100
Median gross rent	$1,030	$1,146
Housing units	663	978
Homeownership rate	71.9%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre Hall	Zion
Population	1,373 → 1,548 (+12.7%)	2,258 → 2,173 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$59,083 → $70,469 (+19.3%)	$95,087 → $100,000 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$204,100 → $246,000 (+20.5%)	$253,700 → $337,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,030 (+18.8%)	—

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

Zion

Population

2,2582,173

Median household income

$95,087$100,000

Median home value

$253,700$337,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre Hall	Zion
Under 5	3.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	2.2%	0.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	19.4%	21.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	23.1%
75 and over	4.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre Hall	Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre Hall	Zion
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	39.1%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre Hall	Zion
Drove alone	81.5%	74.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	16.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre Hall	Zion
1-unit, detached	79.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centre Hall	Zion
Poverty rate	7.0%	1.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1950	2004