Central vs Fort Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of Central and Fort Thomas: population, income, housing, and more.

Central and Fort Thomas are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Thomas has the higher population (319 vs 273 in Central). Fort Thomas has the higher median household income ($101,083 vs $94,478 in Central). Central has the higher median home value ($422,900 vs $152,500 in Fort Thomas).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Fort Thomas
Population	273	319
Median age	46.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,478	$101,083
Median home value	$422,900	$152,500
Housing units	150	194
Homeownership rate	55.3%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.9%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Fort Thomas
Population	323 → 273 (-15.5%)	440 → 319 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$76,354 → $94,478 (+23.7%)	$60,694 → $101,083 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $422,900 (+121.1%)	$117,900 → $152,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,703 (+61.6%)	—

Central

Population

323273

Median household income

$76,354$94,478

Median home value

$191,300$422,900

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,703

Fort Thomas

Population

440319

Median household income

$60,694$101,083

Median home value

$117,900$152,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Fort Thomas
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	28.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	1.8%	39.5%
45 to 54	22.3%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	6.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	3.8%
75 and over	0.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Fort Thomas
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Fort Thomas
No high school diploma	0.0%	36.4%
High school graduate	6.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	52.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Fort Thomas
Drove alone	77.7%	95.9%
Carpooled	22.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Fort Thomas
1-unit, detached	55.3%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	44.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Central	Fort Thomas
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.3%
Average household size	1.82	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1976	2002