Central Point, Oregon Central Point, Oregon State Oregon Central Point is a town/city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
The populace was 17,169 as of 2010. The town/city shares its southern border with Medford and is a part of the Medford urbane area.
Central Point is home of the Jackson County Fair that occurs in July.
Isaac Constant, a pioneer who settled here in 1852, titled the locale Central Point because of its locale at a crossroads in the middle of the Rogue Valley.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.90 square miles (10.10 km2), all of it land. The town/city lies at an altitude of about 1,272 feet (388 m) along Oregon Highway 99 and Interstate 5 northwest of Medford.
Jacksonville is to the south and Gold Hill to the northwest. The Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad passes through Central Point. Griffin Creek, a tributary of Bear Creek, joins the larger stream at Central Point. The Bear Creek Greenway, a biking and hiking trail connecting Ashland, Talent, Phoenix and Medford along Bear Creek, also passes through Central Point. Five of the eight enhance schools of the Central Point School District are positioned in the city: Central Point Elementary School, Mae Richardson Elementary School, Jewett Elementary School, Scenic Middle School, and Crater High School.
As of the census of 2010, there were 17,169 citizens , 6,542 homeholds, and 4,670 families residing in the city.
There were 6,975 housing units at an average density of 1,788.5 per square mile (690.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.8% White, 0.4% African American, 1.0% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from other competitions, and 3.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,542 homeholds of which 37.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 28.6% were non-families.
22.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.03.
The median age in the town/city was 36.5 years.
26.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.8% were from 25 to 44; 23.7% were from 45 to 64; and 14.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,493 citizens , 4,613 homeholds, and 3,450 families residing in the city.
There were 4,760 housing units at an average density of 1,552.1 per square mile (598.6/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.00% White, 0.25% African American, 0.88% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 1.26% from other competitions, and 2.69% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,613 homeholds out of which 37.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families.
20.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $40,622, and the median income for a family was $44,849.
About 5.9% of families and 6.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.
Talk Radio Network, Erickson Air Crane, and Crater Rock Museum are positioned in Central Point.
Rogue Creamery in Central Point makes some of the world's best cheeses as stated to judges at the World Cheese Awards and American Cheese Society Awards.
According to the city's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 Central Point School District 518 3 City of Central Point 91 Jason Atkinson, Oregon State Senator and 2006/2010 Gubernatorial Candidate Clayton Klein, a former Oregon State Representative Dennis Richardson, Oregon Secretary of State According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Central Point has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Climate data for Central Point, Oregon (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 United States Enumeration Bureau.
Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press.
Oregon Road & Recreation Atlas (5th ed.).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
15th Enumeration of the United States.
"Number of Inhabitants: Oregon" (PDF).
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
City of Central Point CAFR "Central Point, Oregon".
Entry for Central Point in the Oregon Blue Book Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Oregon, United States
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Central Point, Oregon - Cities in Oregon - Cities in Jackson County, Oregon - 1889 establishments in Oregon - Populated places established in 1889
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