Redding draws more than half of Centerville’s working residents
Measured by household income, Centerville is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. Centerville grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 3% work in Centerville; the top destination outside it is Redding (55%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Centerville: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Centerville works in Redding
363 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Redding, 5.5 miles away across the town line. That’s 18 times as many as work in Centerville itself. The commute map ↓
Most Centerville residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Centerville are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 657 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Centerville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Centerville is better than 76% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Centerville’s grade up ($122,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Centerville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Centerville could be anywhere from B to A−.
Where people from Centerville work
Where Centerville clocks in
55% of workers
3% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Centerville goes to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily trip from Centerville: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centerville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 635 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Centerville
On a workday 635 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Centerville on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Centerville: what the 225 are
225 jobs are based in Centerville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 156 → 225. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Centerville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centerville is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Centerville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 752 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Centerville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600, Centerville comes 875th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 16 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | Hepburn Township PA | 2,534 | $81K | 4.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 874 | Middlesex VT | 1,842 | $110K | 3.8% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| 875 | Centerville CA | 1,954 | $123K | 4.3% | 5.6% | 3% | A− |
| 876 | Salt Creek Commons IN | 1,843 | $94K | 8.4% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| 877 | Valley View OH | 1,843 | $110K | 4.2% | 8.9% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Centerville, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 56% of Centerville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | – | A− | D | 21 min | $122,500 |
| Shasta | 1% | B− | B− | 26 min | $111,250 |
| Redding | 55% | C+ | A | 17 min | $70,466 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Redding. Darker towns draw more of Centerville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Centerville: questions
What is the median household income in Centerville?
$122,500 (±$25,718) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centerville?
4.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centerville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centerville work?
3% work in town.
Is Centerville walkable?
Centerville is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Centerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centerville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.