Work & commute · Centerville

Work & commute in Centerville, MO

Most working residents leave Centerville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Ellington (4%), Pocahontas (2%) and Batesville (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

6 of 46 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 40 Centerville residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centerville.

40live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centerville goes to work

Centerville (in town)right here

13%6

Ellington13.8 mi away

4%2

Pocahontas, AR81.1 mi away

2%1

Batesville, AR121 mi away

2%1

Paducah, KY129.8 mi away

2%1

Arcadia20.8 mi away

2%1

Pilot Knob21.5 mi away

2%1

Clarkton87.3 mi away

2%1

Viburnum21.4 mi away

2%1

Houston55.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%30

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.

46%

24%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centerville is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Centerville are

80 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

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month66%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Centerville residents hold

46 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−30%

Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 80. 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.