Centerville vs Chancellor

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

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

Centerville has the higher population (876 vs 365 in Chancellor). Chancellor has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $58,438 in Centerville). Chancellor has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $123,600 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Chancellor
Population	876	365
Median age	44.8 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$64,750
Median home value	$123,600	$137,500
Median gross rent	$730	$650
Housing units	391	131
Homeownership rate	75.7%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Chancellor
Population	877 → 876 (-0.1%)	308 → 365 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$45,114 → $58,438 (+29.5%)	$54,375 → $64,750 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $123,600 (+50.7%)	$97,000 → $137,500 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $730 (+56.0%)	$525 → $650 (+23.8%)

Centerville

Population

877876

Median household income

$45,114$58,438

Median home value

$82,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$468$730

Chancellor

Population

308365

Median household income

$54,375$64,750

Median home value

$97,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$525$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Chancellor
Under 5	1.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	25.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	17.5%	12.1%
75 and over	13.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Chancellor
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	3.8%
Asian	0.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Chancellor
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Chancellor
Drove alone	81.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Chancellor
1-unit, detached	87.2%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Chancellor
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1952	1938