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Centre, AL

3,664 Population
11.7 square miles 313.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 47.4 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$33,456 ±$3,980 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $31,360 ±$1,577
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$43,912 ±$2,642 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $50,769 ±$4,891
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

11.5% ±5.9% (389  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 14.5% † 3,606 (±2.3% / ±574)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

19.5 minutes ±4.2 (23,720  ±6,621) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Cherokee County: 29.7 290,375 (±2.1 / ±25,791)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

1,741 ±169 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 10,477 ±416
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
1.9 ±0.2 (3,381  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.4 24,941 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,992 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 14,663 ±61
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$166,300 ±$17,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $165,900 ±$9,786
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

10.2% ±4.2% (372  ±152.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 9.3% † 2,335 (±1.8% / ±444.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

77.2% ±9.9% (2,278  ±323.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 83.9% 15,748 (±4.3% / ±816.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
14.8% ±4.2% (438  ±125.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 16% † 2,994 (±1.9% / ±350.9)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

0.7% ±0.9% (24  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cherokee County: 2.1% 529
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

5.2% ±3.3% (164  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cherokee County: 7% † 1,430 (±1.2% / ±237)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
164 Total veterans ±105 164 Male ±105 N/A Female ±13

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