Centerville vs Thompsonville

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

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

Thompsonville has the higher population (3,767 vs 3,240 in Centerville). Thompsonville has the higher median household income ($118,981 vs $78,446 in Centerville). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($399,200 vs $123,200 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Thompsonville
Population	3,240	3,767
Median age	50.0 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,446	$118,981
Median home value	$123,200	$399,200
Median gross rent	$907	—
Housing units	1,510	1,517
Homeownership rate	86.0%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Thompsonville
Population	3,163 → 3,240 (+2.4%)	3,574 → 3,767 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$67,310 → $78,446 (+16.5%)	$116,842 → $118,981 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$119,300 → $123,200 (+3.3%)	$296,100 → $399,200 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $907 (-5.4%)	$1,882 → $1,793 (-4.7%)

Centerville

Population

3,1633,240

Median household income

$67,310$78,446

Median home value

$119,300$123,200

Median gross rent

$959$907

Thompsonville

Population

3,5743,767

Median household income

$116,842$118,981

Median home value

$296,100$399,200

Median gross rent

$1,882$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Thompsonville
Under 5	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	18.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	16.4%
75 and over	4.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Thompsonville
Drove alone	79.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	17.4%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	92.9%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	5.2%	1.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1944	1973