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Centralia, MO

4,615 Population
2.9 square miles 1,584.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±11.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 33.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,812 ±$3,108 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $37,799 ±$929
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$51,868 ±$11,429 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $69,463 ±$1,962
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

12% ±5.5% (540  ±249) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 16.5% 33,071 (±1% / ±2,062)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

20.5 minutes ±2.1 (33,695  ±8,190) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.7 1,936,705 (±0.6 / ±65,263)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

2,007 ±203 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 84,722 ±793
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.3 ±0.2 (4,541  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.4 200,972 (±0 / ±275)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

10% ±6.6% (94  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.2% † 3,063 (±0.9% / ±548)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,175 ±185 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 92,569 ±135
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$165,600 ±$8,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $242,500 ±$4,992
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

7.6% ±3.7% (345  ±166) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 18% 37,843 (±1.1% / ±2,265.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

88.6% ±11.9% (2,927  ±454.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94% 123,110 (±1.9% / ±2,539.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
32.4% ±9% (1,069  ±309.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 47.5% 62,189 (±1.4% / ±1,780.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±2.5% (76  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.8% 12,356
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

9% ±5.1% (323  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.6% 9,447 (±0.4% / ±640)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
323 Total veterans ±184 305 Male ±173 18 Female ±30

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