Bessemer vs Center Point

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer and Center Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bessemer has the higher population (25,655 vs 16,125 in Center Point). Center Point has the higher median household income ($52,401 vs $37,844 in Bessemer). Center Point has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $129,800 in Bessemer).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	Center Point
Population	25,655	16,125
Median age	42.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,844	$52,401
Median home value	$129,800	$130,200
Median gross rent	$922	$1,161
Housing units	12,612	6,638
Homeownership rate	55.1%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	Center Point
Population	26,680 → 25,655 (-3.8%)	16,353 → 16,125 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$32,301 → $37,844 (+17.2%)	$43,515 → $52,401 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $129,800 (+50.1%)	$97,800 → $130,200 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $922 (+24.1%)	$861 → $1,161 (+34.8%)

Bessemer

Population

26,68025,655

Median household income

$32,301$37,844

Median home value

$86,500$129,800

Median gross rent

$743$922

Center Point

Population

16,35316,125

Median household income

$43,515$52,401

Median home value

$97,800$130,200

Median gross rent

$861$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	Center Point
Under 5	7.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	23.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.7%
75 and over	8.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	Center Point
White (non-Hispanic)	18.5%	17.3%
Black or African American	70.6%	71.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	Center Point
No high school diploma	13.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	Center Point
Drove alone	76.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	12.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	Center Point
1-unit, detached	72.7%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	15.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	Center Point
Poverty rate	30.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1963	1973