Center vs Tenaha

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

Center and Tenaha 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 1,098 in Tenaha). Center has the higher median household income ($50,731 vs $30,484 in Tenaha). Center has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $91,900 in Tenaha).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Tenaha
Population	5,198	1,098
Median age	37.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,731	$30,484
Median home value	$152,000	$91,900
Median gross rent	$958	$549
Housing units	2,189	460
Homeownership rate	58.9%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Tenaha
Population	5,250 → 5,198 (-1.0%)	1,198 → 1,098 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$34,507 → $50,731 (+47.0%)	$24,485 → $30,484 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $152,000 (+111.4%)	$65,600 → $91,900 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $958 (+72.0%)	$438 → $549 (+25.3%)

Center

Population

5,2505,198

Median household income

$34,507$50,731

Median home value

$71,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$557$958

Tenaha

Population

1,1981,098

Median household income

$24,485$30,484

Median home value

$65,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$438$549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Tenaha
Under 5	9.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	28.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.7%
75 and over	6.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Tenaha
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	17.3%
Black or African American	30.9%	48.5%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.9%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Tenaha
No high school diploma	19.7%	31.4%
High school graduate	44.5%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Tenaha
Drove alone	77.7%	61.3%
Carpooled	14.9%	33.5%
Public transit	0.1%	3.4%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Tenaha
1-unit, detached	63.9%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	35.9%

Poverty & households

	Center	Tenaha
Poverty rate	32.4%	41.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1982	1983