About Centreville

Centreville is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,490 people and just one neighborhood, Centreville is the 214th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Centreville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.1% of Centreville's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Centreville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Centreville who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.10%), teaching (8.37%), and management occupations (7.20%).

Centreville is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Centreville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.35% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Centreville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Centreville Information and Demographics

The education level of Centreville citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 14.99% of adults 25 and older in Centreville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Centreville in 2000 was $15,449, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $61,796 for a family of four.

Centreville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Centreville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Centreville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Centreville include English, Scotch-Irish, Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Centreville is English.