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Centralia, WA Urban Area

42,842 Population
30.4 square miles 1,409.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,049 ±$1,346 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$67,529 ±$4,819 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.5% ±2.1% (6,523  ±928) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

27 minutes ±1.7 (447,895  ±37,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

16,292 ±677 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (42,034  ±1,487) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.4% ±1.6% (618  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

17,078 ±675 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$311,100 ±$13,961 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.6% ±2.1% (6,185  ±923.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.7% ±3.2% (26,308  ±1,335.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
19.2% ±2% (5,677  ±622.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

8% ±1.4% (3,432  ±619) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.9% ±1.1% (2,928  ±370) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,928 Total veterans ±370 2,627 Male ±340 301 Female ±158

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