Central City vs Paint

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

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

Central City has the higher population (1,055 vs 1,031 in Paint). Central City has the higher median household income ($46,563 vs $42,679 in Paint). Paint has the higher median home value ($94,900 vs $72,700 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Paint
Population	1,055	1,031
Median age	43.9 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$42,679
Median home value	$72,700	$94,900
Median gross rent	$588	$745
Housing units	540	416
Homeownership rate	85.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Paint
Population	1,011 → 1,055 (+4.4%)	904 → 1,031 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$41,953 → $46,563 (+11.0%)	$34,712 → $42,679 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $72,700 (+11.5%)	$75,400 → $94,900 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $588 (-13.5%)	$788 → $745 (-5.5%)

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

Paint

Population

9041,031

Median household income

$34,712$42,679

Median home value

$75,400$94,900

Median gross rent

$788$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Paint
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.5%
75 and over	11.7%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Paint
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Paint
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	56.4%	59.6%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Paint
Drove alone	88.0%	90.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	6.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Paint
1-unit, detached	79.4%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	21.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Paint
Poverty rate	15.7%	21.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1945	1944