Centerville, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Centerville reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 28.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Centerville.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Centerville is from a meaningfully darker sky

14 miles from Centerville, straight-line, sits Trotwood, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Centerville's own suburban edge band.

Trotwood, OH is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Centerville compares nationally

Centerville, OH has a population of about 26,311, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Centerville places 919 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.