Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Centerville Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Centerville Township grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. 73 jobs are based in Centerville Township for 442 working residents. Home is the office for 23% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Centerville Township in brief
Centerville Township is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Centerville Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Centerville Township has about 910 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Centerville Township works from home
23% of Centerville Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 442 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Centerville Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Centerville Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Centerville Township’s grade up ($98,281, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Centerville Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Centerville Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Centerville Township
On a workday 437 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Centerville Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2021, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Centerville Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centerville Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 471 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Out of Centerville Township to work: where people go
Where Centerville Township clocks in
23% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 56% of work in Centerville Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centerville Township, 2011 → 2021: 53 → 73. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centerville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Centerville Township commutes
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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Centerville Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centerville Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 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). 1.7% of Centerville Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centerville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Centerville Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 1,396th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,394 | Cottonwood MN | 1,138 | $98K | 7.1% | 1.3% | 12% | B |
| 1,395 | Coalville UT | 1,529 | $96K | 12.1% | 0.9% | 9% | B |
| 1,396 | Centerville Township MI | 1,281 | $98K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,397 | Scandia Valley Township MN | 1,346 | $82K | 3.2% | 0.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,398 | Warrensburg IL | 1,068 | $82K | 8.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
17% of Centerville Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Leland Township (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centerville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville Township | – | B | D | 28 min | $98,281 |
| Bingham Township | 3% | B+ | D | 23 min | $93,594 |
| Leland Township | 12% | B | B | 17 min | $92,857 |
| Solon Township | 2% | B+ | D | 26 min | $96,833 |
| Cleveland Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $81,607 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Centerville Township’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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Centerville Township?
$98,281 (±$11,515) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centerville Township?
6.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centerville Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centerville Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (23%, 13 mi), Leland Township (12%, 19 mi), Garfield Township (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Centerville Township walkable?
Centerville Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centerville Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Centerville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centerville Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.