Centreville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 48,537 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Centreville is the 18th largest community in Virginia.

Centreville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Centreville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Centreville who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.04%), management occupations (13.12%), and computer science and math (11.40%).

Also of interest is that Centreville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Centreville, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Centreville is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Centreville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Centreville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Centreville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Centreville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.43 minutes every day commuting to work.

Centreville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Centreville is a pretty powerful place. 48.89% of the adults in Centreville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Centreville in 2000 was $28,878, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,512 for a family of four. However, Centreville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Centreville is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Centreville include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Centreville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.38%.

The most common language spoken in Centreville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.