Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety81#2,932/15,637
Economy95#710/15,631
Housing59#6,135/14,977
Health85#2,287/15,609
Healthcare62#5,887/15,650
Environment70#4,655/15,453
Education92#1,184/15,649
Infrastructure74#4,072/15,650
Community88#1,923/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,180/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Centerville, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Anoka County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child poverty rate · low1.2%
97/100Minnesota 9.6%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low2.3%
95/100Minnesota 9.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Food insecurity · low7.3%
95/100Minnesota 11.9%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
High school diploma or higher · high97.2%
95/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Loneliness · low30.3%
95/100Minnesota 32.1%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Math scores · high3.45
94/100Minnesota 3.30United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAnoka County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low4.9 /10k
10/100Minnesota 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAnoka County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
10/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAnoka County value
Child care cost burden · high38.7%
12/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAnoka County value
Social associations · low6.2 /10k
13/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAnoka County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Minnesota 3.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
14/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAnoka County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
51.6% (2015-2019) → 31.4% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.2% (2015-2019) → 24.9% (2020-2024)
−5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.4× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.5% (2015-2019) → 93.9% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
39.5% (2015-2019) → 42.5% (2020-2024)
+3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Centerville, Minnesota improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.4× → 3.1×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Centerville, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.7 min2015-2019	25.9 min2020-2024	−2.7 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%2015-2019	42.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	1.41%2015-2019	1.17%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	65%
High school diploma or higher	95.3%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3782015-2019	0.3442020-2024	−0.034	Within the margin of error	76%
Median household income	$107,7942015-2019	$122,5412020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Centerville, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Centerville, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Centerville, Minnesota itself moved +5.7 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,935 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (+4.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,935 residents (±19)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White87%3,425
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino2.5%†98
Asian6.8%†266
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%†16
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.3%†130

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,748 residents (±145)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma2.8%†76
High school or GED17%480
Some college19%535
Associate degree18%†489
Bachelor's degree28%761
Graduate degree15%†407

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+8.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,466 households (±103)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k3.6%†53
$25k–50k6.9%†101
$50k–75k9.5%†139
$75k–100k13%†194
$100k–150k31%448
$150k–200k17%†254
$200k or more19%†277

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,466 households (±103)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own89%1,307
Rent11%†159

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

159 households (±66)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75012%†19
$750–1,0004.4%†7
$1,000–1,50047%†74

Home values

1,307 homes (±118)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k4.4%†58
$150k–250k7.7%†100
$250k–400k45%591

Age of homes

1,466 homes (±103)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later6.7%†98
2000–200921%311
1980–199956%828

Size of homes

1,466 homes (±103)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio0.5%†8
1 bedroom6.1%†90
2 bedrooms19%†282

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,137 workers (±156)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone68%1,452
Carpool6.3%†134
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.2%†47
Bike0.0%0
Work from home24%504
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+16.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,633 workers (±173)

Centerville, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min18%†292
15–29 min40%648
30–44 min31%512

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Anoka County, the county holding most of Centerville's residents.

Anoka County has 8,438 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Minnesota's), with 123,486 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,745. The Census Bureau also counts 28,915 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,438; 28,915 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 123,486
Average annual pay: $59,745; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Anoka County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	980	26.3	1.70×More than typical	7,834	$85,680	2,120
Ambulatory health care services	555	14.9	0.71×Fewer than typical	7,634	$71,391	1,052
Restaurants and other eating places	459	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	11,179	$21,722	98
Lessors of real estate	436	11.7	0.95×About typical	1,433	$41,236	2,326
Construction of buildings	371	9.9	1.31×More than typical	1,604	$79,819	912
Building finishing contractors	310	8.3	2.19×More than typical	1,636	$69,976	841
Services to buildings and dwellings	294	7.9	1.17×About typical	2,869	$47,087	1,301
Building equipment contractors	269	7.2	1.20×About typical	3,362	$92,773	270
Automotive repair and maintenance	250	6.7	1.33×More than typical	1,616	$54,189	328
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	249	6.7	2.12×More than typical	1,909	$83,042	449
Limited-service restaurants	240	6.4	0.80×About typical	5,513	$19,652	57
Real estate agents and brokers	237	6.4	1.30×More than typical	261	$54,935	772

Rank places for an industry Open Anoka County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 373,182 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $185.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Centerville, Minnesota: $47.04 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $185.1K; +946% vs FY2025
Per resident: $47.04; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 46%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$99.7K54%
U.S. Secret Service$85.4K46%

Top recipients

EXERGI PREDICTIVE LLC$99.7K54%
J.P. ENTERPRISES, INC.$85.4K46%

Spending by fiscal year

8.4KFY2021
260.6KFY2022
2.8KFY2023
31.6KFY2024
17.7KFY2025
185.1KFY2026

What was bought

Research & development$99.7K54%

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$99.7K54%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$85.4K46%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Centerville, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Centerville, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Anoka County, MN ($257.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Centerville is mostly in Anoka County.

See federal money in Anoka County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Centerville, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).