Centralia vs Jonestown

A side-by-side comparison of Centralia and Jonestown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jonestown has the higher population (54 vs 1 in Centralia). Since 2019, Jonestown's population has grown faster (-42.6% vs -88.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Jonestown
Population	1	54
Median age	—	57.5 yrs
Housing units	1	43
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Jonestown
Population	9 → 1 (-88.9%)	94 → 54 (-42.6%)
Median household income	—	$50,417 → $65,000 (+28.9%)
Median home value	—	$121,900 → $95,000 (-22.1%)

Centralia

Population

Jonestown

Population

9454

Median household income

$50,417$65,000

Median home value

$121,900$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Jonestown
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	22.2%
65 to 74	100.0%	27.8%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Jonestown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Jonestown
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	0.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Jonestown
Drove alone	100.0%	33.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	33.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Jonestown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Jonestown
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.7%
Average household size	—	2.57
Median year structure built	—	1956