There are 2.3 jobs in Centreville for every working resident, and 1,208 people commute in
There are 1,250 jobs in Centreville; 538 of its residents have a job. Centreville grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Centreville: the gist
Jobs in Centreville have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Centreville went from 394 in 2011 to 1,250 in 2021, +217%. The jobs ↓
Centreville is where the jobs are
Centreville has 1,250 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,100 people are in town, 52% more than the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Centreville makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Centreville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Centreville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 42%. The jobs ↓
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 538 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Centreville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Centreville is better than 22% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Centreville’s grade.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Centreville’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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Centreville could be anywhere from D to C+.
In Centreville, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centreville, 2011 → 2021: 394 → 1,250. 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 Centreville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Centreville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 496 residents head out to work and 42 work right here.
About 2,100 people are in Centreville on a workday afternoon, 52% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where Centreville’s workers come from
Where Centreville clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Commuting from Centreville: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centreville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 474 commuters (the 5% 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.
The distance from Centreville to work
About 18% 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.
Getting around Centreville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centreville is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Centreville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 500 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). 5.2% of Centreville households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centreville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Centreville is 3,933rd of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,931 | Tilden Township MI | 1,062 | $68K | 12.2% | 4.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,932 | Keno OR | 1,651 | $73K | 11.6% | 7.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,933 | Centreville MI | 1,374 | $60K | 13.9% | 6.1% | 8% | C− |
| 3,934 | Litchfield MI | 1,394 | $53K | 11.4% | 4.8% | 16% | C− |
| 3,935 | Miller SD | 1,313 | $58K | 7.6% | 0.0% | 37% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Centreville, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Centreville: questions
What is the median household income in Centreville?
$59,519 (±$10,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centreville?
13.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centreville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centreville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Three Rivers (10%, 6 mi), Sturgis (9%, 10 mi), Nottawa Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Centreville walkable?
Centreville is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centreville without a car?
0% 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), 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.