A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Center Township$710/mo

Typical home $117K (Census) · tax rate 1.02% · or rent about $736/mo · Housing →

Centerville$1,290/mo

Typical home $217K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $839/mo · Housing →

The difference: $580 a month, about $7,000 a year, between Centerville and Center Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Center Township places higher on 8 of 17 IN lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Indiana ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+Center TownshipBetter than 67% of districts in the state –CentervilleNot graded

Health

DCenter TownshipHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns C−CentervilleHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns

8Center Township

7Centerville

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 607 towns #492#178 Fastest growingGrowth · 607 towns #440#137 Highest graduation rateSchools · 563 towns #38#301 Most walkableOutdoors · 611 towns #530#247 Shortest commuteGetting around · 611 towns #359#101 Most remote workersWork · 605 towns #526#300 Lowest depressionHealth · 607 towns #381#518 Cheapest rentCost of living · 587 towns #57#151

Left end = #1 in Indiana. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Center Township’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Center TownshipCenterville

Snow a year17″25″

January low15°F 17°F

July high83°F 83°F

Growing season (days)169d 173d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)14th 35th

Outdoors & history

Center TownshipCenterville

Trails9 mi —

Conserved land0.3%—

Settled1875 1814

National Register places—3

Archive photos1 12

Famous people born here—10

Community

Center TownshipCenterville

Library hours a week50 hrs 43 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

132 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Center TownshipBenton County CentervilleIN

Center Township ↔ Centerville132 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Indiana average

Center TownshipCenterville

People

Population 2,761Lowest 2,772Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.5%Lowest IN: +4.7% +7.7%Highest IN: +4.7%

Median age 40.6±3.7Lowest 7% above IN 41.1±4.5Highest 8% above IN

Centerville and Center Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.4%±4.8Lowest IN: 23.3% 27.2%±5.2Highest IN: 23.3%

Centerville and Center Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 22.2%±4.8Highest IN: 16.8% 16%±3.9Lowest IN: 16.8%

Center Township and Centerville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.4%Highest IN: 29.5% 13.1%Lowest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±1.8Lowest IN: 5.8% 4.4%±3Highest IN: 5.8%

Centerville and Center Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,907±$6kHighest 26% below IN $49,688±$8kLowest 31% below IN

Center Township and Centerville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $117,000±$9kLowest 46% below IN $149,200±$23kHighest 32% below IN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $736±$42Lowest 31% below IN $839±$39Highest 21% below IN

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,189Lowest 26% below IN $1,316Highest 18% below IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.9%±12.6Lowest IN: 48.1% 70.6%±25Highest IN: 48.1%

Centerville and Center Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 16.2%Highest IN: 12.3% 14.2%Lowest IN: 12.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.7%Highest IN: 70.6% 73%Lowest IN: 70.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1952Lowest 24 yrs older than IN 1973Highest 3 yrs older than IN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 5% above IN 19 minLowest 20% below IN

Work from home 4%±3.3Lowest IN: 10.7% 7.8%±5.8Highest IN: 10.7%

Centerville and Center Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 21.9%Highest 6.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.71Highest 0.51Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lafayette (17%)Richmond (46%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CentervilleFew work in Center Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 9.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.7Lowest 29.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #189 of 350 in IN—

School district Benton Community School Corp—

High school in town Benton Central Jr-Sr High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 12.7 —

Indiana average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Center Township vs Centerville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $580 more a month in Centerville

Center Township places higher on 8 of 17 IN lists

What daily life feels like in each

132 miles apart

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