Photo: S. Clyde · Public domainUnemployment in Centreville (2.2%) is lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A−: better than 75% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #144 of 261 in Maryland.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns · #215 of 261 in Maryland.
Household incomes here are higher than in 67% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 33 minutes each way (Maryland 31, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Centreville; the top destination outside it is Parole (6%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Centreville
What’s behind Centreville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Centreville is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #144 of 261 in Maryland. Unemployment holds Centreville’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Centreville could be anywhere from C+ to A.
6% of working residents work in Parole
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Centreville clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Centreville fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,900 residents head out to work, 219 work right here, and 2,369 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Centreville on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 2,588 jobs in Centreville are
2,588 jobs are based in Centreville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centreville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centreville, 2013 → 2023: 2,355 → 2,588. 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.
About 33 minutes each way, about the MD average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centreville workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,848 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Centreville commutes less than 27 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Most trips from Centreville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centreville is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #215 of 261 in Maryland. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.0% across Maryland.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,213 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). 5.1% of Centreville households have no vehicle (Maryland 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Centreville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Centreville is 1,027th of 3,946 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Centreville, the top three, the last and three more from Maryland.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Fulton MD | 5,677 | $222K | 0.7% | 1.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Riva MD | 4,976 | $176K | 1.1% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,025 | Gulf Park Estates MS | 6,264 | $66K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 1,026 | Loxley AL | 6,131 | $108K | 11.7% | 1.4% | 4% | A− |
| 1,027 | Centreville MD | 4,782 | $90K | 5.4% | 2.2% | 10% | A− |
| 1,028 | Jackson Township IN | 4,226 | $77K | 6.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A− |
| 1,029 | Litchfield ME | 3,797 | $85K | 4.3% | 2.2% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,946 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
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 Centreville: questions
What is the median household income in Centreville?
$89,602 (±$21,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centreville?
5.4%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centreville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centreville work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parole (6%, 27 mi), Easton (5%, 18 mi), Baltimore (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centreville walkable?
Centreville is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centreville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Centreville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centreville
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.