Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Centerville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For jobs and income Centerville is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Centerville has 1,132 jobs for 2,856 working residents. 6% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Centerville at work: what stands out
Centerville and Warner Robins trade workers both ways
Warner Robins is the top workplace for Centerville residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Centerville come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Centerville pay little
31% of the jobs based in Centerville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Centerville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Centerville went from 777 in 2013 to 1,132 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Centerville’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Centerville’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Centerville could be anywhere from D to B+.
27% of working residents work in Warner Robins
Where Centerville clocks in
27% of workers
21% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Centerville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 777 → 1,132. 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.
How many people are in Centerville by day
On a workday 2,790 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 1,066 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Centerville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
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 daily trip from Centerville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centerville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,212 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Centerville
About 28% 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.
For most of Centerville, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,404 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Centerville households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Centerville next to U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,800: 2,209th of 2,764 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 569 | Druid Hills GA | 8,169 | $130K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 573 | Whitemarsh Island GA | 6,886 | $102K | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,207 | Madison Township MI | 7,538 | $70K | 16.2% | 6.7% | 9% | C |
| 2,208 | Homeland CA | 7,584 | $60K | 14.4% | 7.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,209 | Centerville GA | 9,505 | $69K | 16.5% | 7.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,210 | La Cresta CA | 8,389 | $50K | 20.3% | 5.8% | 1% | C |
| 2,211 | Panthersville GA | 9,053 | $52K | 19.6% | 9.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,764 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Georgia.
27% of Centerville works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | – | C | C | 25 min | $68,922 |
| Warner Robins | 27% | C | C+ | 22 min | $66,970 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Warner Robins. 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?
$68,922 (±$13,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centerville?
16.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centerville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centerville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warner Robins (27%, 3 mi), Macon-Bibb County (21%, 12 mi), Atlanta (3%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centerville walkable?
Centerville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.
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.