Work & commute · Centerville

Work & commute in Centerville, MN

Most working residents leave Centerville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Paul (12%), Minneapolis (12%) and Blaine (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 2,082 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,027 Centerville residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centerville.

2,027live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centerville goes to work

St. Paul15.3 mi away

12%260

Minneapolis17.5 mi away

12%245

Blaine7.4 mi away

6%121

Roseville11.5 mi away

3%71

Arden Hills8.6 mi away

3%62

Fridley11.5 mi away

3%57

Lino Lakes2.1 mi away

3%56

Centerville (in town)right here

3%55

White Bear Lake7.4 mi away

3%55

Forest Lake7.2 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,051

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.

32%

57%

32%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centerville is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Centerville are

529 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

529 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Centerville residents hold

2,082 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+27%

Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 416 → 529. 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.