Photo: 123dieinafire · Public domainCenterville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Centerville is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. 529 jobs are based in Centerville; 2,082 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Centerville A+; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Centerville
The better-paid jobs are outside Centerville
73% of Centerville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Centerville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Centerville is a place people come home to
There are 529 jobs based in Centerville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Centerville has about 2,400 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Centerville pay little
26% of the jobs based in Centerville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Why Centerville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Centerville is among the top U.S. towns, #19 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Centerville’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Centerville could be anywhere from A to A+.
Jobs in Centerville: what the 529 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 416 → 529. 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.
Centerville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,027 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Centerville on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
12% of working residents work in St. Paul
Where Centerville clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
How long Centerville spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centerville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,633 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% 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
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.
Driving is how Centerville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centerville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #141 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Centerville 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 2,137 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Centerville households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Centerville places 70th of 4,177 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 69 | Cross Mountain TX | 3,752 | $205K | 1.6% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 70 | Centerville MN | 3,978 | $123K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 71 | Trappe PA | 4,061 | $127K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 72 | Double Oak TX | 3,051 | $172K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Centerville, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
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?
$122,541 (±$8,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centerville?
2.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centerville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centerville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (12%, 15 mi), Minneapolis (12%, 18 mi), Blaine (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centerville walkable?
Centerville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.