Center Point vs Gardendale

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

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

Center Point has the higher population (16,125 vs 16,110 in Gardendale). Gardendale has the higher median household income ($81,215 vs $52,401 in Center Point). Gardendale has the higher median home value ($234,900 vs $130,200 in Center Point).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Gardendale
Population	16,125	16,110
Median age	33.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,401	$81,215
Median home value	$130,200	$234,900
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,151
Housing units	6,638	6,379
Homeownership rate	56.4%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Gardendale
Population	16,353 → 16,125 (-1.4%)	14,016 → 16,110 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$43,515 → $52,401 (+20.4%)	$72,351 → $81,215 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $130,200 (+33.1%)	$171,700 → $234,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,161 (+34.8%)	$909 → $1,151 (+26.6%)

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

Gardendale

Population

14,01616,110

Median household income

$72,351$81,215

Median home value

$171,700$234,900

Median gross rent

$909$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Point	Gardendale
Under 5	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	23.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.7%
75 and over	3.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Gardendale
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	68.9%
Black or African American	71.9%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Gardendale
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Gardendale
Drove alone	78.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Gardendale
1-unit, detached	72.9%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Gardendale
Poverty rate	18.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1973	1990