Centerville vs Gastonville

A side-by-side comparison of Centerville and Gastonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centerville has the higher population (3,240 vs 2,703 in Gastonville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($78,446 vs $78,438 in Gastonville). Gastonville has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $123,200 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Gastonville
Population	3,240	2,703
Median age	50.0 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,446	$78,438
Median home value	$123,200	$173,000
Median gross rent	$907	$995
Housing units	1,510	1,300
Homeownership rate	86.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Gastonville
Population	3,163 → 3,240 (+2.4%)	2,459 → 2,703 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$67,310 → $78,446 (+16.5%)	$53,191 → $78,438 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$119,300 → $123,200 (+3.3%)	$140,500 → $173,000 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $907 (-5.4%)	$536 → $995 (+85.6%)

Centerville

Population

3,1633,240

Median household income

$67,310$78,446

Median home value

$119,300$123,200

Median gross rent

$959$907

Gastonville

Population

2,4592,703

Median household income

$53,191$78,438

Median home value

$140,500$173,000

Median gross rent

$536$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Gastonville
Under 5	3.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	7.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	17.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	15.8%
75 and over	4.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Gastonville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	98.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Gastonville
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.1%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Gastonville
Drove alone	79.0%	89.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.4%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Gastonville
1-unit, detached	92.9%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Gastonville
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1944	1971