Centertown vs Viola

A side-by-side comparison of Centertown and Viola: population, income, housing, and more.

Centertown and Viola are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centertown has the higher population (258 vs 123 in Viola). Centertown has the higher median household income ($54,271 vs $48,250 in Viola). Viola has the higher median home value ($257,100 vs $158,300 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Viola
Population	258	123
Median age	34.3 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,271	$48,250
Median home value	$158,300	$257,100
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	151	68
Homeownership rate	85.5%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Viola
Population	341 → 258 (-24.3%)	105 → 123 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$52,708 → $54,271 (+3.0%)	$30,357 → $48,250 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $158,300 (+76.5%)	$75,000 → $257,100 (+242.8%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $840 (+38.6%)	—

Centertown

Population

341258

Median household income

$52,708$54,271

Median home value

$89,700$158,300

Median gross rent

$606$840

Viola

Population

105123

Median household income

$30,357$48,250

Median home value

$75,000$257,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Viola
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.8%	28.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	1.6%
25 to 34	19.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.1%
55 to 64	2.7%	2.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	39.8%
75 and over	7.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Viola
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Viola
No high school diploma	8.0%	25.6%
High school graduate	48.9%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Viola
Drove alone	82.3%	90.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Viola
1-unit, detached	73.5%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Viola
Poverty rate	20.2%	23.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1976	1968