Centerville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Centerville is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−). Centerville has 571 jobs, and 3,263 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Centerville itself; outside it, Anderson draws the most (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Centerville in brief
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Centerville
Unemployment holds Centerville’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($64,380, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate 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 B− to A−.
Centerville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,220 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Centerville on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where the trip to work from Centerville ends
Where Centerville clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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 Centerville: what the 571 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 571. 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.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Centerville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centerville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,860 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 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.
Half of Centerville commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Getting around Centerville: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,097 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). 1.3% of Centerville households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Centerville ranks: 1,300th of 3,227 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Lake Murray of Richland SC | 7,023 | $119K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 973 | Blythewood SC | 7,233 | $94K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,104 | Lyman SC | 7,103 | $76K | 6.1% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,298 | Mount Rainier MD | 8,307 | $69K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,299 | Greenacres CA | 4,906 | $92K | 4.1% | 8.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,300 | Centerville SC | 7,049 | $64K | 8.8% | 1.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,301 | Rigby ID | 5,757 | $85K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,302 | Robinwood MD | 8,042 | $91K | 11.3% | 3.1% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 South Carolina.
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?
$64,380 (±$7,013) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centerville?
8.8%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centerville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centerville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anderson (20%, 4 mi), Greenville (7%, 29 mi), Clemson (2%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centerville walkable?
Centerville 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 Centerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.