Centreville vs West Blocton

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

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

Centreville has the higher population (2,757 vs 1,320 in West Blocton). Centreville has the higher median household income ($41,130 vs $37,537 in West Blocton). Centreville has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $107,400 in West Blocton).

Population, income & housing

	Centreville	West Blocton
Population	2,757	1,320
Median age	45.3 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,130	$37,537
Median home value	$145,300	$107,400
Median gross rent	$712	$955
Housing units	1,320	549
Homeownership rate	72.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centreville	West Blocton
Population	2,653 → 2,757 (+3.9%)	1,240 → 1,320 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$43,086 → $41,130 (-4.5%)	$33,625 → $37,537 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $145,300 (+23.7%)	$83,700 → $107,400 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$397 → $712 (+79.3%)	$849 → $955 (+12.5%)

Centreville

Population

2,6532,757

Median household income

$43,086$41,130

Median home value

$117,500$145,300

Median gross rent

$397$712

West Blocton

Population

1,2401,320

Median household income

$33,625$37,537

Median home value

$83,700$107,400

Median gross rent

$849$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centreville	West Blocton
Under 5	6.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	25.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	3.9%
75 and over	10.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centreville	West Blocton
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	75.5%
Black or African American	32.6%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centreville	West Blocton
No high school diploma	24.5%	17.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centreville	West Blocton
Drove alone	80.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	16.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centreville	West Blocton
1-unit, detached	71.6%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Centreville	West Blocton
Poverty rate	13.2%	26.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1970	1983