Bremen vs Central City

A side-by-side comparison of Bremen and Central City: population, income, housing, and more.

Bremen and Central City are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central City has the higher population (5,736 vs 299 in Bremen). Central City has the higher median household income ($49,025 vs $46,324 in Bremen). Central City has the higher median home value ($140,700 vs $128,900 in Bremen).

Population, income & housing

	Bremen	Central City
Population	299	5,736
Median age	48.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,324	$49,025
Median home value	$128,900	$140,700
Median gross rent	$636	$755
Housing units	163	2,186
Homeownership rate	55.1%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bremen	Central City
Population	292 → 299 (+2.4%)	5,808 → 5,736 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $46,324 (+22.8%)	$42,400 → $49,025 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $128,900 (+84.1%)	$129,700 → $140,700 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $636 (+16.3%)	$629 → $755 (+20.0%)

Bremen

Population

292299

Median household income

$37,708$46,324

Median home value

$70,000$128,900

Median gross rent

$547$636

Central City

Population

5,8085,736

Median household income

$42,400$49,025

Median home value

$129,700$140,700

Median gross rent

$629$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bremen	Central City
Under 5	2.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	4.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	19.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	4.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	23.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	8.5%
75 and over	3.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bremen	Central City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bremen	Central City
No high school diploma	10.3%	17.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bremen	Central City
Drove alone	84.1%	93.0%
Carpooled	12.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bremen	Central City
1-unit, detached	76.1%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Bremen	Central City
Poverty rate	29.8%	24.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1976	1974