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Centralia, WA

18,830 Population
7.8 square miles 2,411 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,407 ±$2,172 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $36,049 ±$1,164
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,219 ±$12,919 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $74,796 ±$3,695
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.6% ±3.8% (3,621  ±697) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 12.2% 10,266 (±1.1% / ±962)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±2.8 (187,610  ±26,651) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 28.5 896,680 (±1.2 / ±48,784)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,894 ±344 Number of households
  • the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 32,916 ±435
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (18,497  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 2.6 84,336 (±0 / ±47)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±3.6% (361  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,315 (±1.8% / ±314)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,121 ±317 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 36,512 ±62
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$318,200 ±$17,153 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $385,800 ±$7,962
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±4% (2,417  ±744.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 10.2% † 8,584 (±1.6% / ±1,320.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.5% ±5.1% (12,018  ±816.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 91.3% 55,492 (±2.6% / ±1,575.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±2.6% (2,602  ±366.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 21.5% 13,097 (±1.4% / ±861.7)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.8% ±1.9% (1,847  ±359) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 5.3% 4,526
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±1.4% (1,171  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 9.4% 6,262 (±0.8% / ±517)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,171 Total veterans ±214 1,032 Male ±199 139 Female ±67

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