Centreville’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 24.2% of residents, against 18.9% across Mississippi. Jobs and income earn Centreville D−; getting around on foot earns it C−. About one in ten stay in Centreville for work; outside it, Baton Rouge is the main destination (5%, 45 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Centreville apart
Centreville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 381 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Centreville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Centreville is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Centreville’s grade.
Unemployment (0.3%) is left out: Centreville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Centreville could be anywhere from D− to D.
Centreville’s commute takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centreville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 670 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% 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 Centreville’s workers travel
About 32% 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.
A workday in Centreville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 348 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 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.
Where Centreville goes to work
Where Centreville clocks in
5% 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.
Jobs in Centreville: what the 437 are
437 jobs are based in Centreville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centreville, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 437. 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 Centreville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Centreville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centreville is more walkable than 16% 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 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 705 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). 9.2% of Centreville households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centreville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Centreville and other U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,226 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,414 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,630 | Double Springs AL | 1,107 | $48K | 28.7% | 9.4% | 20% | D− |
| 3,631 | Rochelle GA | 1,146 | $42K | 23.8% | 4.3% | 8% | D− |
| 3,632 | Centreville MS | 1,091 | $42K | 24.2% | 0.3% | 9% | D− |
| 3,633 | Hurley NM | 1,211 | $36K | 17.7% | 3.4% | 3% | D− |
| 3,634 | Carnegie OK | 1,366 | $44K | 21.6% | 5.0% | 29% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Centreville, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
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?
$42,000 (±$16,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centreville?
24.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centreville?
42 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centreville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (5%, 45 mi), Natchez (5%, 37 mi), McComb (4%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centreville walkable?
Centreville is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centreville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% 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.