Central City vs Jennerstown

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

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

Jennerstown has the higher population (1,153 vs 1,055 in Central City). Jennerstown has the higher median household income ($61,410 vs $46,563 in Central City). Jennerstown has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $72,700 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Jennerstown
Population	1,055	1,153
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$61,410
Median home value	$72,700	$192,400
Median gross rent	$588	$872
Housing units	540	371
Homeownership rate	85.9%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Jennerstown
Population	1,011 → 1,055 (+4.4%)	769 → 1,153 (+49.9%)
Median household income	$41,953 → $46,563 (+11.0%)	$50,893 → $61,410 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $72,700 (+11.5%)	$144,900 → $192,400 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $588 (-13.5%)	$876 → $872 (-0.5%)

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

Jennerstown

Population

7691,153

Median household income

$50,893$61,410

Median home value

$144,900$192,400

Median gross rent

$876$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Jennerstown
Under 5	6.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	26.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	17.4%
75 and over	11.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Jennerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	0.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Jennerstown
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	56.4%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Jennerstown
Drove alone	88.0%	93.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Jennerstown
1-unit, detached	79.4%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Jennerstown
Poverty rate	15.7%	9.2%
Average household size	2.47	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1945	1966