Cedar Bluff vs Centre

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

Cedar Bluff 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 1,633 in Cedar Bluff). Cedar Bluff has the higher median household income ($48,784 vs $43,912 in Centre). Cedar Bluff has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $166,300 in Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
Population	1,633	3,664
Median age	44.4 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,784	$43,912
Median home value	$203,000	$166,300
Median gross rent	$620	$666
Housing units	1,022	1,992
Homeownership rate	72.1%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
Population	1,999 → 1,633 (-18.3%)	3,525 → 3,664 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $48,784 (+52.4%)	$36,263 → $43,912 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $203,000 (+137.4%)	$140,100 → $166,300 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $620 (+20.4%)	$606 → $666 (+9.9%)

Cedar Bluff

Population

1,9991,633

Median household income

$32,000$48,784

Median home value

$85,500$203,000

Median gross rent

$515$620

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)

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
Under 5	5.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	9.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.3%
75 and over	5.7%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	8.8%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
No high school diploma	17.2%	22.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
Drove alone	83.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	11.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
1-unit, detached	53.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	8.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Bluff	Centre
Poverty rate	25.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.44	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1986	1973