Work & commute · Centreville

Work & commute in Centreville, IL

Most working residents leave Centreville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (14%), Cahokia Heights (8%) and Belleville (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

846 of 7,264 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 6,418 Centreville residents head out of town to work, 846 work right here, and 6,655 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centreville.

6,418live here, work elsewhere

846live and work here

6,655work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centreville goes to work

St. Louis, MO6.7 mi away

14%984

Cahokia Heights0.4 mi away

8%556

Belleville9.4 mi away

8%545

East St. Louis3.1 mi away

4%282

Sauget0.7 mi away

4%273

Fairview Heights7.9 mi away

4%261

Edwardsville17.3 mi away

3%218

Granite City10.8 mi away

3%205

O'Fallon12.7 mi away

2%155

Chicago260.2 mi away

2%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,636

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

How far

How far Centreville commutes

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

47%

33%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centreville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Centreville are

7,501 jobs are based in Centreville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centreville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centreville

7,501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Centreville residents hold

7,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−6%

Jobs based in Centreville, 2013 → 2023: 7,975 → 7,501. 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.