Town · Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Centreville, Mississippi

Centreville is a town in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It has 2,263 residents. Centreville, Mississippi has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,347 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Mississippi it ranks #159 of 194 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), home price to income ratio (low) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on homicide rate (high), restaurants and bars (low) and average weekly wage (low).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,347 of 15,651 cities and towns
Mississippi: #159 of 194 in MS
Population: 2,263 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 977.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 2812740

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety0#15,606/15,637
Economy9#14,258/15,631
Housing42#8,640/14,977
Health7#14,589/15,609
Healthcare1#15,428/15,650
Environment49#7,904/15,453
Education21#12,298/15,649
Infrastructure2#15,390/15,650
Community5#14,871/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,086/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Centreville, Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wilkinson 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

Students per teacher · low9.0×
100/100Mississippi 13.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWilkinson County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Mississippi 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · low0.3%
96/100Mississippi 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Public libraries · high2.6 /10k
94/100Mississippi 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWilkinson County value
Grocery stores · high2.6 /10k
91/100Mississippi 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilkinson County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low116 min
89/100Mississippi 138 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWilkinson County value

Weaknesses

Homicide rate · high42.4 /100k
0/100Mississippi 14.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataWilkinson County value
Restaurants and bars · low1.3 /10k
0/100Mississippi 7.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilkinson County value
Average weekly wage · low$792
1/100Mississippi $1,024United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilkinson County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low10.5%
1/100Mississippi 58.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilkinson County value
Adult obesity · high49.3%
1/100Mississippi 42.6%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
1/100Mississippi 38.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilkinson County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,739 (2015-2019) → 2,263 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
85.2% (2015-2019) → 25.1% (2020-2024)
−60 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
57.0% (2015-2019) → 24.2% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$20,720 (2015-2019) → $42,000 (2020-2024)
+103%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.7% (2015-2019) → 83.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioImproving
4.0× (2015-2019) → 1.6× (2020-2024)
−60%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Centreville, Mississippi improved on 6 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved6

Child poverty−60 points85.2% → 25.1%
Poverty−33 points57.0% → 24.2%
Inequality−0.2490.641 → 0.392
Price / income−2.4×4.0× → 1.6×
Household income+103%$20,720 → $42,000

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Centreville, Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.6 min2015-2019	42.3 min2020-2024	+12.7 min	Within the margin of error	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%2015-2019	10.2%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Broadband subscriptions	62.7%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	91%
Child poverty rate	85.2%2015-2019	25.1%2020-2024	−60 points	Improved	100%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−2.4×	Improved	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.6412015-2019	0.3922020-2024	−0.249	Improved	100%
Median household income	$20,7202015-2019	$42,0002020-2024	+103%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	57.0%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	−33 points	Improved	100%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Centreville, Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Centreville, Mississippi 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, Centreville, Mississippi itself moved +16.2 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

2,263 residents (±523)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

888 households (±266)

Centreville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Under $25k28%†246
$25k–50k41%†365
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

888 households (±266)

Centreville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Own58%†511
Rent42%†377

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

705 workers (±264)

Centreville, Mississippi
Mississippi share

Drive alone85%†602
Carpool8.7%†61
Public transit

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 Wilkinson County, the county holding most of Centreville's residents.

Wilkinson County has 120 employer establishments, 150 for every 10,000 residents (0.60× the US rate of 248; 0.73× Mississippi's), with 1,310 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,000. The Census Bureau also counts 664 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 120; 664 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 150; US 248 · Mississippi 205
Paid employees: 1,310
Average annual pay: $39,000; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	9	11.3	2.03×Too few to compare	24	$20,708	—
Ambulatory health care services	8	10	0.48×Too few to compare	44	$80,818	16
Truck transportation	8	10	1.98×Too few to compare	57	$51,509	37
Child day care services	5	6.3	2.56×Too few to compare	36	$29,694	33
Gasoline stations	5	6.3	1.93×Too few to compare	79	$21,899	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	5	1.14×Too few to compare	9	$41,000	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	4	5	0.74×Too few to compare	22	$16,591	68
Specialty trade contractors	4	5	0.32×Too few to compare	13	$34,077	48
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	3	3.8	1.41×Too few to compare	7	$28,286	9
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	3	3.8	2.15×Too few to compare	3	$13,333	3
General merchandise stores	3	3.8	2.12×Too few to compare	34	$13,912	—
Individual and family services	3	3.8	1.34×Too few to compare	13	$14,692	8

Rank places for an industry Open Wilkinson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,000 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Centreville, Mississippi: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3KFY2020
3.2KFY2022
-4.2KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Centreville, Mississippi, so they do not add up across cities.

Centreville, Mississippi's figures are part of those of Wilkinson County, MS and Amite County, MS ($2.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Wilkinson 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.

Centreville, Mississippi is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Other cities and towns in Wilkinson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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