Joshua B. Cary House · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Centerville works elsewhere
Centerville has 5 jobs for 171 working residents. Hardly any work in Centerville; the top destination outside it is Morgan City (12%, 14 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Centerville, and who commutes in
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Centerville on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 places Centerville commutes to
Where Centerville clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Centerville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 5. 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.
Working from home in Centerville
of Centerville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% 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.
How far it is to work from Centerville
About 26% 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.
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?
$74,509 (±$73,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centerville?
24.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Centerville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morgan City (12%, 14 mi), Franklin (10%, 5 mi), Baton Rouge (7%, 51 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.
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.