Centre is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,664 people and four associated neighborhoods, Centre is the 153rd largest community in Alabama. Centre real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Centre house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Centre is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Centre is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Centre who work in management occupations (23.12%), sales jobs (13.58%), and food service (13.42%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Centre has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Centre has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Centre than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Centre may be for you. Being a small city, Centre does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Centre are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.10% of adults in Centre have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Centre in 2022 was $27,887, 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 $111,548 for a family of four. However, Centre contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Centre is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Centre home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Centre residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Centre include English, Irish, German, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Centre is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
