Center Point vs Irondale

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

Center Point and Irondale 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 13,462 in Irondale). Irondale has the higher median household income ($71,240 vs $52,401 in Center Point). Irondale has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $130,200 in Center Point).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Irondale
Population	16,125	13,462
Median age	33.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,401	$71,240
Median home value	$130,200	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,177
Housing units	6,638	6,862
Homeownership rate	56.4%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Irondale
Population	16,353 → 16,125 (-1.4%)	12,637 → 13,462 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$43,515 → $52,401 (+20.4%)	$56,445 → $71,240 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $130,200 (+33.1%)	$142,500 → $250,000 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,161 (+34.8%)	$1,041 → $1,177 (+13.1%)

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

Irondale

Population

12,63713,462

Median household income

$56,445$71,240

Median home value

$142,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Point	Irondale
Under 5	5.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.8%	9.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.8%
75 and over	3.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Irondale
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	61.2%
Black or African American	71.9%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Irondale
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Irondale
Drove alone	78.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Irondale
1-unit, detached	72.9%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Irondale
Poverty rate	18.6%	13.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1973	1980