City · Leon County, Texas

Centerville, Texas

Centerville is a city in Leon County, Texas. It has 1,053 residents. Centerville, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,204 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #600 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), voter turnout (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), primary care physicians (low) and traffic deaths (high).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,204 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #600 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,053 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 588.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4813900

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety42#9,031/15,637
Economy37#9,819/15,631
Housing30#10,498/14,977
Health21#12,329/15,609
Healthcare1#15,570/15,650
Environment30#10,752/15,453
Education25#11,691/15,649
Infrastructure24#11,897/15,650
Community42#9,104/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,038/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Centerville, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Leon 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

Social associations · high20.6 /10k
98/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLeon County value
Voter turnout · high76.4%
89/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionLeon County value
Students per teacher · low11.6×
89/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsLeon County value
Public EV charging ports · high13.0 /10k
88/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLeon County value
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
86/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLeon County value
Comfortable days · high30.7%
81/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLeon County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low3.0%
0/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLeon County value
Primary care physicians · low6 /100k
0/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLeon County value
Traffic deaths · high76.2 /100k
1/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataLeon County value
Distance to an emergency room · high21.7 mi
2/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLeon County value
Mental health providers · low36 /100k
3/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLeon County value
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
5/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLeon County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
42.3% (2015-2019) → 8.3% (2020-2024)
−34 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
29.3% (2015-2019) → 8.6% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.1% (2015-2019) → 90.5% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
71.0% (2015-2019) → 54.9% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$31,458 (2015-2019) → $52,697 (2020-2024)
+68%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.7% (2015-2019) → 11.2% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Texas improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved3

Poverty−21 points29.3% → 8.6%
Household income+68%$31,458 → $52,697
Broadband+20 points70.1% → 90.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Centerville, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.4 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	70.1%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	88.4%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4762015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.040	Within the margin of error	80%
Median household income	$31,4582015-2019	$52,6972020-2024	+68%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	29.3%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	99%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	37.1%2015-2019	35.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent-burdened households	71.0%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	−16 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.7%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Within the margin of error	95%

“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, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Centerville, Texas 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, Texas itself moved +4.9 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

1,053 residents (±272)

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

419 households (±115)

Centerville, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k35%†148
$25k–50k9.8%†41
$50k–75k19%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

419 households (±115)

Centerville, Texas
Texas share

Own61%†255
Rent39%†164

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

512 workers (±176)

Centerville, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone61%†311
Carpool30%†152
Public transit0.0%

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 Leon County, the county holding most of Centerville's residents.

Leon County has 365 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Texas's), with 4,799 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,552. The Census Bureau also counts 1,734 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 365; 1,734 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 4,799
Average annual pay: $69,552; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	34	20.5	1.12×About typical	318	$18,094	16
Religious organizations	28	16.9	3.05×More than typical	79	$19,228	—
Specialty trade contractors	28	16.9	1.09×About typical	1,052	$86,136	205
Gasoline stations	18	10.9	3.35×More than typical	293	$27,044	—
Truck transportation	17	10.3	2.03×More than typical	40	$68,100	75
Full-service restaurants	16	9.7	1.26×More than typical	147	$17,204	9
Limited-service restaurants	14	8.4	1.05×About typical	151	$19,166	—
Building equipment contractors	13	7.8	1.30×More than typical	61	$46,410	42
Construction of buildings	12	7.2	0.96×About typical	23	$77,130	101
Lessors of real estate	11	6.6	0.54×Fewer than typical	19	$30,368	113
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	6.6	0.98×About typical	29	$30,862	145
Traveler accommodation	11	6.6	3.68×More than typical	91	$15,176	8

Rank places for an industry Open Leon County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,574 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Leon 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, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Pete SessionsR-TX-17 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.3%

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.

Leon County26100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Leon 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
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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