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Jobs & commute in Centerville

Centerville draws 908 commuters a day, with 5.9 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Centerville report 912 jobs for 155 working residents. Only 3% work in Centerville itself; outside it, Fresno draws the most (30%, 17 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Centerville, and who commutes in

On a workday 151 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.

151live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
908work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night250
Workday1,000
250live here− 150head out to work+ 910come in to work= 1,000on a workday

About 1,000 people are in Centerville on a workday afternoon, 305% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
5.88jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the people who work in Centerville live

FarmersvilleParlier: 18 workers live here (2%)ExeterKerman: 12 workers live here (1%)Reedley: 62 workers live here (7%)Selma: 20 workers live here (2%)Dinuba: 12 workers live here (1%)Sanger: 58 workers live here (6%)Clovis: 27 workers live here (3%)VisaliaLos Angeles: 26 workers live here (3%)Fresno: 144 workers live here (16%)Orosi: 17 workers live here (2%)MinklerCentervilleFresnoReedleySangerClovisLos AngelesSelmaCenterville
1
Fresno16.9 mi away
16%144
2
Reedley9.8 mi away
7%62
3
Sanger4.2 mi away
6%58
4
Clovis12.1 mi away
3%27
5
Los Angeles197.4 mi away
3%26
6
Selma13.1 mi away
2%20
7
Parlier9.2 mi away
2%18
8
Orosi17.5 mi away
2%17
9
Kerman31.4 mi away
1%12
10
Dinuba14.3 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%516
The top trips

Where Centerville clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Centerville, 94% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in CentervilleJobs Centerville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms94%35%
Trade, transport & utilities1%15%
Services: health, schools, offices4%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%34%
Over $3,333 a month51%52%

Who does it

29 or younger14%21%
30 to 5450%48%
55 and older36%32%
−45%

Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 1,668 → 912. 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.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Centerville: about 46 minutes

A year of commuting
355 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Centerville46 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Centerville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Centerville gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 108 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Centerville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFresno: 30% · 16.9 miClovis: 10% · 12.1 miSanger: 5% · 4.2 miVisalia: 3% · 29.6 miSelma: 3% · 13.1 miLos Angeles: 2% · 197.4 miReedley: 1% · 9.8 miFarmersville: 1% · 33.8 miExeter: 1% · 36.2 miFresno 30%Clovis 10%Sanger 5%Visalia 3%Selma 3%Centerville
CentervilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi36 residents
53%10–24 mi82 residents
9%25–50 mi14 residents
15%Over 50 mi23 residents

About 15% 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.

Next door

Centerville and the towns next door

Minkler: few work hereMinklerCenterville
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownCenterville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Centerville–——46 min$167,750
Minklerunder 1%——27 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Minkler: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Centerville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Centerville: questions

What is the median household income in Centerville?

$167,750 (±$127,285) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Centerville?

0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Centerville?

46 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Centerville work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fresno (30%, 17 mi), Clovis (10%, 12 mi), Sanger (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Centerville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Centerville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Centerville

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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.