Work & commute · Centerville

Work & commute in Centerville, TN

About one in 4 of Centerville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dickson (9%), Franklin (6%) and Columbia (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

312 of 1,305 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 993 Centerville residents head out of town to work, 312 work right here, and 1,589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centerville.

993live here, work elsewhere

312live and work here

1,589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centerville goes to work

Centerville (in town)right here

24%312

Dickson16.8 mi away

9%112

Franklin33.4 mi away

6%83

Columbia26.1 mi away

5%64

Brentwood39.1 mi away

3%40

Bon Aqua Junction10 mi away

1%19

Huntsville, AL89.1 mi away

1%18

Spring Hill30.1 mi away

1%17

Murfreesboro57 mi away

1%17

Hohenwald20.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%609

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.

29%

20%

31%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centerville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Centerville are

1,901 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

1,901 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Centerville residents hold

1,305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+8%

Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 1,754 → 1,901. 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.