Centre vs Sand Rock

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

Centre and Sand Rock 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 815 in Sand Rock). Sand Rock has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $43,912 in Centre). Sand Rock has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $166,300 in Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Centre	Sand Rock
Population	3,664	815
Median age	55.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,912	$81,750
Median home value	$166,300	$201,300
Median gross rent	$666	—
Housing units	1,992	341
Homeownership rate	63.9%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre	Sand Rock
Population	3,525 → 3,664 (+3.9%)	458 → 815 (+77.9%)
Median household income	$36,263 → $43,912 (+21.1%)	$53,571 → $81,750 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $166,300 (+18.7%)	$161,400 → $201,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $666 (+9.9%)	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

Centre

Population

3,5253,664

Median household income

$36,263$43,912

Median home value

$140,100$166,300

Median gross rent

$606$666

Sand Rock

Population

458815

Median household income

$53,571$81,750

Median home value

$161,400$201,300

Median gross rent

$763$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centre	Sand Rock
Under 5	3.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	7.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	16.6%
75 and over	21.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre	Sand Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre	Sand Rock
No high school diploma	22.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre	Sand Rock
Drove alone	79.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	1.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre	Sand Rock
1-unit, detached	76.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Centre	Sand Rock
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.0%
Average household size	1.94	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1973	1988