Belton vs Centerville

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

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

Centerville has the higher population (6,860 vs 4,405 in Belton). Centerville has the higher median household income ($66,912 vs $48,164 in Belton). Centerville has the higher median home value ($212,800 vs $116,300 in Belton).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Centerville
Population	4,405	6,860
Median age	33.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,164	$66,912
Median home value	$116,300	$212,800
Median gross rent	$896	$1,027
Housing units	1,718	3,319
Homeownership rate	61.4%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Centerville
Population	4,366 → 4,405 (+0.9%)	7,173 → 6,860 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$31,976 → $48,164 (+50.6%)	$55,565 → $66,912 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $116,300 (+20.6%)	$151,300 → $212,800 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $896 (+31.2%)	$778 → $1,027 (+32.0%)

Belton

Population

4,3664,405

Median household income

$31,976$48,164

Median home value

$96,400$116,300

Median gross rent

$683$896

Centerville

Population

7,1736,860

Median household income

$55,565$66,912

Median home value

$151,300$212,800

Median gross rent

$778$1,027

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Centerville
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	2.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	17.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.7%
75 and over	8.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Centerville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	8.6%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Centerville
No high school diploma	16.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Centerville
Drove alone	86.8%	87.2%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Centerville
1-unit, detached	86.8%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Centerville
Poverty rate	19.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1957	1990