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Centre, AL

3,700 Population
11.7 square miles 316.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 47.5 ±0.8
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,218 ±$8,298 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $32,884 ±$2,050
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,664 ±$6,107 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $53,863 ±$4,463
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.1% ±9.2% (728  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 14.8% † 3,707 (±2.4% / ±602)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±4.2 (22,350  ±7,168) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 30.5 286,670 (±2.2 / ±24,448)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,715 ±270 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 10,192 ±402
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (3,442  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 25,185 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

2,049 ±281 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 14,702 ±44
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,400 ±$16,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $179,700 ±$15,464
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.2% ±10.7% (527  ±395.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 10% † 2,522 (±2.5% / ±624.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

68.3% ±9.8% (2,217  ±340.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 82.4% 15,677 (±4.3% / ±823)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.3% ±4.2% (432  ±139) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 16.5% † 3,138 (±2% / ±385.6)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.8% ±1% (28  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 2.1% 521
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±2.3% (96  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 1,485 (±1.2% / ±252)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±77 96 Male ±77 N/A Female ±13

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