[8] Nearby places include Lindström, Shafer, Taylors Falls, St. Croix Falls, Chisago City, Stacy, Wyoming, North Branch, and Forest Lake.

97.6% of residents had at least a high school education, and 25.8% had attained a bachelor's degree or higher.

The most common ancestries in Center City were German (25.8%), Swedish (19.1%), Norwegian (13.9%), Irish (9.0%), and Polish (4.7%).

As of the census[10] of 2010, there were 628 people, 247 households, and 175 families living in the city.

The population density was 1,064.4 inhabitants per square mile (411.0/km2).

26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 582 people, 194 households, and 148 families living in the city.

There were 194 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families.

18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Center City was the setting of Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg's epic novels The Emigrants, written and published in four volumes between 1949 and 1959, and made into two feature films in 1972 and 1974.