Brent vs Centreville

A side-by-side comparison of Brent and Centreville: population, income, housing, and more.

Brent and Centreville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brent has the higher population (2,862 vs 2,757 in Centreville). Centreville has the higher median household income ($41,130 vs $24,041 in Brent). Centreville has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $143,300 in Brent).

Population, income & housing

	Brent	Centreville
Population	2,862	2,757
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,041	$41,130
Median home value	$143,300	$145,300
Median gross rent	$484	$712
Housing units	1,129	1,320
Homeownership rate	56.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brent	Centreville
Population	4,803 → 2,862 (-40.4%)	2,653 → 2,757 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$34,283 → $24,041 (-29.9%)	$43,086 → $41,130 (-4.5%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $143,300 (+57.3%)	$117,500 → $145,300 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $484 (-35.8%)	$397 → $712 (+79.3%)

Brent

Population

4,8032,862

Median household income

$34,283$24,041

Median home value

$91,100$143,300

Median gross rent

$754$484

Centreville

Population

2,6532,757

Median household income

$43,086$41,130

Median home value

$117,500$145,300

Median gross rent

$397$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brent	Centreville
Under 5	2.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.4%
75 and over	3.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brent	Centreville
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	61.1%
Black or African American	54.4%	32.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brent	Centreville
No high school diploma	24.9%	24.5%
High school graduate	42.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brent	Centreville
Drove alone	88.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	16.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brent	Centreville
1-unit, detached	61.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	9.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Brent	Centreville
Poverty rate	47.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1975	1970