Centerville is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,561 people and three associated neighborhoods, Centerville is the 160th largest community in Tennessee.Centerville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Centerville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Centerville who work in office and administrative support (14.84%), food service (11.51%), and management occupations (8.98%). A relatively large number of people in Centerville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Centerville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Centerville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Centerville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Centerville may be for you. One downside of living in Centerville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.19 minutes every day commuting to work. Centerville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Centerville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.49% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Centerville in 2022 was $28,558, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,232 for a family of four. However, Centerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Centerville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Centerville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Centerville include English, German, Irish, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Centerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
