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Centre zip codes 35960, 36272, 35903

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Centre, AL real estate and demographic information

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most expensive neighborhoods in Centre

NAME
1 City Center
2 Spring Garden / Rock Run
3 Tennala / Ellisville
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popular neighborhoods in Centre City Center, Tennala / Ellisville, Spring Garden / Rock Run

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POPULATION
3,203

Centre, AL

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About Centre

Centre is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,203 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Centre is the 190th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Centre, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.4% of Centre's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Centre is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Centre who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.40%), management occupations (9.56%), and teaching (8.41%).

Centre is a very car-oriented city. 98.14% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Centre is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Centre has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small city, Centre does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Centre Information and Demographics

The citizens of Centre are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.87% of adults in Centre have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Centre in 2000 was $14,997, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $59,988 for a family of four.

Centre is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Centre home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Centre is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Centre include Irish and English.

The most common language spoken in Centre is English.