Central Point vs Phoenix

A side-by-side comparison of Central Point and Phoenix: population, income, housing, and more.

Central Point and Phoenix are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central Point has the higher population (19,183 vs 4,383 in Phoenix). Central Point has the higher median household income ($80,450 vs $60,656 in Phoenix). Phoenix has the higher median home value ($367,700 vs $357,700 in Central Point).

Population, income & housing

	Central Point	Phoenix
Population	19,183	4,383
Median age	39.3 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,450	$60,656
Median home value	$357,700	$367,700
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,263
Housing units	7,830	1,916
Homeownership rate	65.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Point	Phoenix
Population	18,376 → 19,183 (+4.4%)	4,582 → 4,383 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$57,432 → $80,450 (+40.1%)	$30,444 → $60,656 (+99.2%)
Median home value	$260,600 → $357,700 (+37.3%)	$188,400 → $367,700 (+95.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $1,268 (+21.0%)	$814 → $1,263 (+55.2%)

Central Point

Population

18,37619,183

Median household income

$57,432$80,450

Median home value

$260,600$357,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,268

Phoenix

Population

4,5824,383

Median household income

$30,444$60,656

Median home value

$188,400$367,700

Median gross rent

$814$1,263

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Point	Phoenix
Under 5	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	17.9%
75 and over	8.6%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Point	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	1.0%
Some other race	0.3%	5.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Point	Phoenix
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	24.9%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Point	Phoenix
Drove alone	76.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.8%	7.7%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.3%
Worked from home	8.2%	10.8%
Other means	3.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Point	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	67.2%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Central Point	Phoenix
Poverty rate	8.6%	13.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1996	1990