Berlin vs Central City

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Central City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berlin has the higher population (2,407 vs 1,055 in Central City). Berlin has the higher median household income ($53,973 vs $46,563 in Central City). Berlin has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $72,700 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Central City
Population	2,407	1,055
Median age	51.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,973	$46,563
Median home value	$122,800	$72,700
Median gross rent	$760	$588
Housing units	1,030	540
Homeownership rate	68.6%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Central City
Population	2,004 → 2,407 (+20.1%)	1,011 → 1,055 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$46,818 → $53,973 (+15.3%)	$41,953 → $46,563 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $122,800 (+13.1%)	$65,200 → $72,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $760 (+47.0%)	$680 → $588 (-13.5%)

Berlin

Population

2,0042,407

Median household income

$46,818$53,973

Median home value

$108,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$517$760

Central City

Population

1,0111,055

Median household income

$41,953$46,563

Median home value

$65,200$72,700

Median gross rent

$680$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Central City
Under 5	5.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.3%
75 and over	23.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Central City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	5.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Central City
No high school diploma	13.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	52.4%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Central City
Drove alone	89.3%	88.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Central City
1-unit, detached	63.7%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Central City
Poverty rate	11.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1957	1945