Work & commute · Centerville

Work & commute in Centerville, IA

41% of Centerville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ottumwa (4%), Des Moines (4%) and West Des Moines (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

964 of 2,371 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,407 Centerville residents head out of town to work, 964 work right here, and 2,186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centerville.

1,407live here, work elsewhere

964live and work here

2,186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centerville goes to work

Centerville (in town)right here

41%964

Ottumwa30.9 mi away

4%95

Des Moines69.8 mi away

4%86

West Des Moines73.8 mi away

2%57

Albia20.8 mi away

2%44

Knoxville42.4 mi away

2%36

Mount Pleasant71.1 mi away

1%34

Corydon23.4 mi away

1%32

Oskaloosa40.7 mi away

1%31

Bloomfield23.9 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%964

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Centerville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

44%

13%

34%

44%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centerville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Centerville are

3,150 jobs are based in Centerville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centerville

3,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Centerville residents hold

2,371 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+15%

Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 2,741 → 3,150. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.