Center vs Timpson

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

Center and Timpson 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 1,124 in Timpson). Center has the higher median household income ($50,731 vs $41,591 in Timpson). Center has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $77,600 in Timpson).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Timpson
Population	5,198	1,124
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,731	$41,591
Median home value	$152,000	$77,600
Median gross rent	$958	$613
Housing units	2,189	648
Homeownership rate	58.9%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Timpson
Population	5,250 → 5,198 (-1.0%)	1,335 → 1,124 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$34,507 → $50,731 (+47.0%)	$33,966 → $41,591 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $152,000 (+111.4%)	$57,100 → $77,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $958 (+72.0%)	$428 → $613 (+43.2%)

Center

Population

5,2505,198

Median household income

$34,507$50,731

Median home value

$71,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$557$958

Timpson

Population

1,3351,124

Median household income

$33,966$41,591

Median home value

$57,100$77,600

Median gross rent

$428$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Timpson
Under 5	9.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	22.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	21.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.9%
75 and over	6.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Timpson
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	56.8%
Black or African American	30.9%	34.6%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Timpson
No high school diploma	19.7%	11.3%
High school graduate	44.5%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Timpson
Drove alone	77.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	14.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Timpson
1-unit, detached	63.9%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Center	Timpson
Poverty rate	32.4%	28.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	15	32
Median year structure built	1982	1976