Central City vs Meyersdale

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

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

Meyersdale has the higher population (2,058 vs 1,055 in Central City). Meyersdale has the higher median household income ($64,545 vs $46,563 in Central City). Meyersdale has the higher median home value ($101,300 vs $72,700 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Meyersdale
Population	1,055	2,058
Median age	43.9 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$64,545
Median home value	$72,700	$101,300
Median gross rent	$588	$713
Housing units	540	1,090
Homeownership rate	85.9%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Meyersdale
Population	1,011 → 1,055 (+4.4%)	2,043 → 2,058 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$41,953 → $46,563 (+11.0%)	$39,696 → $64,545 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $72,700 (+11.5%)	$83,300 → $101,300 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $588 (-13.5%)	$528 → $713 (+35.0%)

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

Meyersdale

Population

2,0432,058

Median household income

$39,696$64,545

Median home value

$83,300$101,300

Median gross rent

$528$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Meyersdale
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	16.5%
75 and over	11.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Meyersdale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Meyersdale
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	56.4%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Meyersdale
Drove alone	88.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Meyersdale
1-unit, detached	79.4%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	7.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Meyersdale
Poverty rate	15.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1945	1938