Center Point vs Mountain Brook

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

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

Mountain Brook has the higher population (22,160 vs 16,125 in Center Point). Mountain Brook has the higher median household income ($191,128 vs $52,401 in Center Point). Mountain Brook has the higher median home value ($891,300 vs $130,200 in Center Point).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
Population	16,125	22,160
Median age	33.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,401	$191,128
Median home value	$130,200	$891,300
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,444
Housing units	6,638	8,819
Homeownership rate	56.4%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	88.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
Population	16,353 → 16,125 (-1.4%)	20,436 → 22,160 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$43,515 → $52,401 (+20.4%)	$152,355 → $191,128 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $130,200 (+33.1%)	$628,800 → $891,300 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,161 (+34.8%)	$1,561 → $1,444 (-7.5%)

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

Mountain Brook

Population

20,43622,160

Median household income

$152,355$191,128

Median home value

$628,800$891,300

Median gross rent

$1,561$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
Under 5	5.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.0%
75 and over	3.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	71.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	50.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	38.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
Drove alone	78.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.1%	16.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
1-unit, detached	72.9%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Mountain Brook
Poverty rate	18.6%	2.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1973	1965