Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Centerville earn more than those in 89% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 14.8 in Salt Lake City. Below the poverty line: 3.1% of residents, next to 8.5% for Utah as a whole. Centerville grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Centerville stands out on work
Centerville trades workers with the towns around it
Centerville has about as many jobs (6,390) as working residents (7,229), but they are mostly different people: 6,734 residents leave for work each day while 5,895 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Centerville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Centerville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Centerville went from 4,454 in 2013 to 6,390 in 2023, +43%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
35% of the jobs based in Centerville are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Centerville’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
28% of Centerville works in Salt Lake City
2,057 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Salt Lake City, 11 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Centerville itself. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Centerville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Centerville is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #8 of 119 in Utah. 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+.
How many people are in Centerville by day
On a workday 6,734 residents head out to work, 495 work right here, and 5,895 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 (0.88 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.
Jobs in Centerville: what the 6,390 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 4,454 → 6,390. 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.
28% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Centerville clocks in
28% 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 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centerville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,313 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% 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.
Half of Centerville commutes less than 13 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.
Centerville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,230 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 0.2% of Centerville households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Centerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,888 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000, Centerville comes 85th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 62 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 83 | Bluffdale UT | 19,506 | $130K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 84 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| 85 | Centerville UT | 16,480 | $123K | 3.1% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 86 | Clark Township NJ | 16,418 | $134K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 87 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 185 | Highland UT | 21,571 | $186K | 1.9% | 3.9% | 5% | A |
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| 191 | Mapleton UT | 16,275 | $133K | 2.7% | 2.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Utah.
The towns next door employ 11% of Centerville
The biggest share goes to Bountiful (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | – | A+ | A | 20 min | $123,130 |
| Bountiful | 7% | A | A | 23 min | $104,785 |
| West Bountiful | under 3% | A+ | B | 25 min | $135,179 |
| Farmington | 4% | A | A− | 22 min | $127,338 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Centerville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$123,130 (±$8,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centerville?
3.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centerville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centerville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (28%, 11 mi), Bountiful (7%, 4 mi), West Valley City (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centerville walkable?
Centerville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centerville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 46% 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.