Center vs Joaquin

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

Center and Joaquin are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Center has the higher population (5,198 vs 688 in Joaquin). Center has the higher median household income ($50,731 vs $34,659 in Joaquin). Center has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $59,200 in Joaquin).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Joaquin
Population	5,198	688
Median age	37.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,731	$34,659
Median home value	$152,000	$59,200
Median gross rent	$958	$750
Housing units	2,189	360
Homeownership rate	58.9%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Joaquin
Population	5,250 → 5,198 (-1.0%)	1,014 → 688 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$34,507 → $50,731 (+47.0%)	$38,819 → $34,659 (-10.7%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $152,000 (+111.4%)	$65,000 → $59,200 (-8.9%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $958 (+72.0%)	$618 → $750 (+21.4%)

Center

Population

5,2505,198

Median household income

$34,507$50,731

Median home value

$71,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$557$958

Joaquin

Population

1,014688

Median household income

$38,819$34,659

Median home value

$65,000$59,200

Median gross rent

$618$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Joaquin
Under 5	9.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.4%
75 and over	6.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Joaquin
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	55.4%
Black or African American	30.9%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.9%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Joaquin
No high school diploma	19.7%	28.9%
High school graduate	44.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Joaquin
Drove alone	77.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	14.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Joaquin
1-unit, detached	63.9%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	6.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Center	Joaquin
Poverty rate	32.4%	22.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1982	1977