Centralia vs Morton

A side-by-side comparison of Centralia and Morton: population, income, housing, and more.

Centralia and Morton are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centralia has the higher population (18,457 vs 1,142 in Morton). Centralia has the higher median household income ($52,387 vs $48,684 in Morton). Morton has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $267,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Morton
Population	18,457	1,142
Median age	37.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,387	$48,684
Median home value	$267,600	$274,700
Median gross rent	$1,003	$931
Housing units	7,628	566
Homeownership rate	58.5%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Morton
Population	17,216 → 18,457 (+7.2%)	1,013 → 1,142 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$42,449 → $52,387 (+23.4%)	$41,154 → $48,684 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$157,300 → $267,600 (+70.1%)	$156,000 → $274,700 (+76.1%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,003 (+14.5%)	$729 → $931 (+27.7%)

Centralia

Population

17,21618,457

Median household income

$42,449$52,387

Median home value

$157,300$267,600

Median gross rent

$876$1,003

Morton

Population

1,0131,142

Median household income

$41,154$48,684

Median home value

$156,000$274,700

Median gross rent

$729$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Morton
Under 5	6.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	25.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	17.4%
75 and over	8.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Morton
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Morton
Drove alone	70.4%	52.5%
Carpooled	17.9%	18.5%
Public transit	1.5%	2.7%
Walked	3.6%	18.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Morton
1-unit, detached	56.7%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	11.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Morton
Poverty rate	19.9%	15.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1975	1959