Centerville is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,533 people and three associated neighborhoods, Centerville is the 160th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Centerville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.51% of the Centerville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Centerville is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Centerville who work in office and administrative support (11.80%), healthcare (9.14%), and management occupations (8.97%). 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 34.49 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Centerville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Centerville, just 9.72% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Centerville in 2022 was $24,643, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,572 for a family of four. However, Centerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Centerville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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, European, Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Centerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
