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," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

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

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Centreville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Centreville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 48.89% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Centreville's cultural character, accounting for 20.38% of the town's population.

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