Broomtown vs Centre

A side-by-side comparison of Broomtown and Centre: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Centre has the higher population (3,664 vs 222 in Broomtown). Since 2019, Broomtown's population has grown faster (+26.1% vs +3.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Broomtown	Centre
Population	222	3,664
Median age	49.0 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,912
Median home value	—	$166,300
Median gross rent	—	$666
Housing units	112	1,992
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomtown	Centre
Population	176 → 222 (+26.1%)	3,525 → 3,664 (+3.9%)
Median household income	—	$36,263 → $43,912 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $242,900 (+6.9%)	$140,100 → $166,300 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$606 → $666 (+9.9%)

Broomtown

Population

176222

Median home value

$227,300$242,900

Centre

Population

3,5253,664

Median household income

$36,263$43,912

Median home value

$140,100$166,300

Median gross rent

$606$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomtown	Centre
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	7.2%	9.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	32.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	25.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.3%
75 and over	7.2%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomtown	Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomtown	Centre
No high school diploma	31.1%	22.8%
High school graduate	43.9%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomtown	Centre
Drove alone	78.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	21.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomtown	Centre
1-unit, detached	23.2%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	76.8%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Broomtown	Centre
Poverty rate	32.4%	11.5%
Average household size	2.20	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1996	1973