Work & commute · Centerville

Work & commute in Centerville, NC

Most working residents leave Centerville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (24%), Louisburg (17%) and Clinton (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 64 Centerville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centerville.

64live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centerville goes to work

Raleigh38.7 mi away

24%16

Louisburg12.4 mi away

17%11

Clinton83.3 mi away

3%2

Centerville (in town)right here

3%2

Sandy Springs, GA386.7 mi away

2%1

Southport156.3 mi away

2%1

Gibsonville80.1 mi away

2%1

Nashville17.7 mi away

2%1

Zebulon27.5 mi away

2%1

Rolesville27.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%29

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.

30%

44%

20%

6%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centerville is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Centerville are

32 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

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Centerville residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+146%

Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 32. 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.