Centralia vs Napavine

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

Centralia and Napavine 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 1,705 in Napavine). Napavine has the higher median household income ($89,063 vs $52,387 in Centralia). Napavine has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $267,600 in Centralia).

Population, income & housing

	Centralia	Napavine
Population	18,457	1,705
Median age	37.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,387	$89,063
Median home value	$267,600	$335,500
Median gross rent	$1,003	$1,250
Housing units	7,628	663
Homeownership rate	58.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centralia	Napavine
Population	17,216 → 18,457 (+7.2%)	1,753 → 1,705 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$42,449 → $52,387 (+23.4%)	$53,945 → $89,063 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$157,300 → $267,600 (+70.1%)	$169,900 → $335,500 (+97.5%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,003 (+14.5%)	$1,063 → $1,250 (+17.6%)

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

Napavine

Population

1,7531,705

Median household income

$53,945$89,063

Median home value

$169,900$335,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centralia	Napavine
Under 5	6.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	18.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.4%
75 and over	8.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centralia	Napavine
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centralia	Napavine
No high school diploma	13.4%	10.5%
High school graduate	32.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centralia	Napavine
Drove alone	70.4%	91.8%
Carpooled	17.9%	2.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.5%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centralia	Napavine
1-unit, detached	56.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	11.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Centralia	Napavine
Poverty rate	19.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1975	1991