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Centerville's standout: the median household earns $123K. Overall it grades A, 31st of 118 graded towns in Utah. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Centerville’s density of trails is 1.9 miles per square mile, above both Utah’s towns (1.1) and U.S. towns (0.4). Its National Register listings include Barnard-Garn-Barber House and Osmyn and Emily Deuel House. Only 8 of the 119 Utah towns we compare have a higher share of residents 65 or older than Centerville.
Where Centerville beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1847, comes before those of 95% of the Utah towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 475 in 1860, 16,884 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1849 and 4 maps from 1952 on.
27 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Centerville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Centerville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
12 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
4 mi Theme parkLagoon Amusement Park
35 mi LakeLake Bonneville
11 mi GardenTemple Square
24 mi Stadium & arenaAmerica First FieldDelta Center: Lomrjyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rice–Eccles Stadium: Brenton Walker, CC BY 2.0 · Lagoon Amusement Park: Davehi1, Public domain · Lake Bonneville: Wilson44691, Public domain · Temple Square: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · America First Field: Scott Catron, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Centerville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 13, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Centerville.
Centerville trades workers with Salt Lake City and other neighbors, has less food insecurity than most of Utah and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
12 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Legacy Nature Reserve, at 338 acres. Parks and preserves in Centerville: 9, covering 561 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 3.5 mi | 162 |
| 2. Community Park | 0.7 mi | 29 |
| 3. Freedom Hills Park | 0.6 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Three of its 5 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The public schools here belong to the Davis District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 524 | B+ |
| Centerville Jr HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–9 | Grades 7–9 | 971 | A |
| Taylor SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 336 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Utah is food insecurity: 7.3% of its 12,116 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.4% statewide.
13% of Centerville adults say their health is fair or poor, below both the Utah town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). Among 118 Utah towns, just 9 have a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Centerville. Centerville: one in ten adults binge drink. Against the Utah average, Centerville comes out ahead on 17 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2.
| Centerville | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.3% | 8% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Centerville | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 12.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 10.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect July afternoons of 92° and January nights of 21°, with about 52 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Centerville has about as many jobs (6,390) as working residents, but only 495 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 4,454 in 2013 to 6,390.
The median commute is under 13 miles. Employers in Centerville added 1,936 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 6,390. Only 7% of working residents stay in Centerville for work; the rest commute out. Also worth knowing: the share of residents in Centerville who live below the poverty line: 3.1%.
| Centerville | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 23% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $123,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
88% of households live in a home they own in Centerville. Home values are up 3% over the year to September 2026. The typical rent here is $1,918 a month.
| Centerville | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,918 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 88% | 79% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Reported crimes fell from 245 to 164 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 14 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate for Centerville comes to 0.8 per 1,000 residents. The property offense rate for Centerville comes to 9.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Centerville | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.1 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Since 1983, Centerville has seen 4 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 54% of U.S. communities. 67% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from earthquakes, followed by inland flooding at 17%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Centerville once, in 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Centerville
About 6 of every 100 Centerville residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
15,335 counted in 2010 and 16,884 in 2020; an estimated 16,480 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 2.1%, after 10.1% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
27 places in Centerville on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Utah, United States
Centerville is a city in southeastern Davis County, Utah, United States. Centerville is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 16,884 at the 2020 census. It is located adjacent to the easternmost part of the Great Salt Lake.
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3 towns share a border with Centerville.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | #31 | A | C | B | B+ | A |
| Bountiful | #32 | A | C | — | B+ | A |
| West Bountiful | #38 | A− | B− | B− | B+ | A |
| Farmington | #21 | A | C | B+ | B+ | A |
Bountiful reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Centerville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Centerville grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #31 of 118 in Utah. It grades A for health, B for safety and B+ for schools.
That is 5.7 years of the area's median household income ($101,203 across the Ogden, UT metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
