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Centralia, WA

18,234 Population
7.6 square miles 2,392.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 42.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$27,744 ±$1,608 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $32,800 ±$968
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $48,685 ±$231
$50,422 ±$5,627 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $67,247 ±$2,762
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $90,325 ±$433

21.6% ±3.9% (3,852  ±692) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 12.3% † 10,018 (±1.4% / ±1,099)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 747,538 (±0.2% / ±12,498)

24.5 minutes ±3.3 (170,910  ±26,419) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 28 866,180 (±1.3 / ±47,435)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

7,449 ±388 Number of households
  • the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 31,511 ±453
  • Washington: 2,979,272 ±5,779
2.4 ±0.1 (17,872  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 2.6 81,590 (±0 / ±43)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,535,102

9% ±3.8% (375  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,265 (±1.6% / ±263)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,119 (±0.1% / ±2,538)

Housing

7,770 ±400 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 35,604 ±67
  • Washington: 3,216,243 ±644

$233,000 ±$21,772 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: $306,600 ±$8,711
  • about half the amount in Washington: $473,400 ±$1,571

16% ±3.9% (2,866  ±,704.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 13.5% † 11,030 (±1.6% / ±1,286.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 15.9% 1,213,002 (±0.2% / ±14,919.5)

Social

85% ±5.6% (10,871  ±,816.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 89.5% 52,562 (±2.6% / ±1,509.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.1% 4,923,665 (±0.3% / ±17,432.6)
17.1% ±2.8% (2,187  ±,360.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 19.8% 11,604 (±1.2% / ±,725.1)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 38% 2,029,443 (±0.2% / ±10,889.6)

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

7.3% ±1.4% (1,324  ±263) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 5% 4,138
  • about half the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,143,428

7.3% ±1.6% (1,039  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Centralia, WA Micro Area: 9.7% 6,252 (±0.7% / ±473)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.4% 499,332 (±0.1% / ±4,883)
1,039 Total veterans ±224 927 Male ±201 112 Female ±56

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