Scores by category

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

Safety12#13,756/15,637
Economy4#15,065/15,631
Housing82#2,665/14,977
Health3#15,072/15,609
Healthcare70#4,651/15,650
Environment78#3,414/15,453
Education15#13,255/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,538/15,650
Community37#9,918/15,651
Leisure & amenities83#2,620/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Danville, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Danville city 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

Distance to an Amtrak station · low3 mi
100/100Virginia 14 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauDanville city value
Pharmacies · high4.6 /10k
100/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDanville city value
Dentists · high124 /100k
98/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDanville city value
Social associations · high19.1 /10k
97/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDanville city value
Primary care physicians · high128 /100k
95/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDanville city value
Restaurants and bars · high14.2 /10k
94/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDanville city value

Weaknesses

Premature death · high18,069 /100k
1/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDanville city value
Life expectancy · low68.2 yrs
1/100Virginia 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDanville city value
Broadband subscriptions · low78.7%
2/100Virginia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Math scores · low2.42
2/100Virginia 3.27United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDanville city value
Reading scores · low2.53
2/100Virginia 3.16United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDanville city value
Property crime rate · high2,657 /100k
3/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDanville city value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
5.7 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−94%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.9% (2015-2019) → 78.7% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
81.8% (2015-2019) → 87.1% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,203 (2015-2019) → $44,423 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.4% (2015-2019) → 44.6% (2020-2024)
−3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.5% (2015-2019) → 5.6% (2020-2024)
−3 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Danville, Virginia improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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.

Improved4

Unemployment−3 points8.5% → 5.6%
High school++5.3 points81.8% → 87.1%
Broadband+6.8 points71.9% → 78.7%
Household income+19%$37,203 → $44,423

Declined1

Commute+2.2 min18.1 min → 20.3 min

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Danville, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.1 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Declined	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	71.9%2015-2019	78.7%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	42%
Child poverty rate	33.4%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	0.71%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	81.8%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Improved	83%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	65%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4832015-2019	0.4882020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$37,2032015-2019	$44,4232020-2024	+19%	Improved	32%
Poverty rate	22.4%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	2.7%2015-2019	2.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	48.4%2015-2019	44.6%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	−3 points	Improved	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.9%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%

“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 Danville, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Danville, Virginia 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, Danville, Virginia itself moved +1.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

42,214 residents

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: 70–79 women (+1.4 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

42,214 residents

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

White39%16,369
Black50%21,304
Hispanic or Latino5.6%2,348

Education

29,046 residents (±89)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma13%3,753
High school or GED40%11,627
Some college18%5,314

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

19,066 households (±382)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k31%5,922
$25k–50k24%4,579
$50k–75k16%3,059
$75k–100k11%2,034
$100k–150k9.6%1,823
$150k–200k5.2%992
$200k or more3.4%†657

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−5.7 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

19,066 households (±382)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

Own48%9,109
Rent52%9,957

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−3.7 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

9,545 households (±567)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $75038%3,660
$750–1,00028%2,676
$1,000–1,50028%2,643

Home values

9,109 homes (±508)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k60%5,478
$150k–250k22%2,010
$250k–400k12%1,078

Age of homes

22,376 homes (±34)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later1.8%†399
2000–20095.0%1,115
1980–199913%2,839

Size of homes

22,376 homes (±34)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio2.1%†463
1 bedroom13%2,918
2 bedrooms37%8,381

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

16,449 workers (±696)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone75%12,397
Carpool11%1,789
Public transit2.2%†361
Walk0.9%†143
Bike0.2%†36
Work from home8.8%1,449
Other1.7%†274

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.6 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

15,000 workers (±717)

Danville, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min40%5,954
15–29 min42%6,353
30–44 min7.8%1,173

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 Danville, VA

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 Danville city, the county holding most of Danville's residents.

Danville city has 1,227 employer establishments, 292 for every 10,000 residents (1.17× the US rate of 248; 1.21× Virginia's), with 23,835 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,018. The Census Bureau also counts 2,811 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,227; 2,811 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 292; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 23,835
Average annual pay: $44,018; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	158	37.6	1.80×More than typical	2,953	$54,616	235
Restaurants and other eating places	128	30.4	1.66×More than typical	3,501	$18,805	13
Limited-service restaurants	68	16.2	2.02×More than typical	1,738	$16,216	7
Religious organizations	60	14.3	2.57×More than typical	417	$19,681	—
Full-service restaurants	52	12.4	1.61×More than typical	1,640	$21,360	4
Offices of physicians	45	10.7	1.65×More than typical	833	$73,759	29
Specialty trade contractors	38	9	0.58×Fewer than typical	311	$45,055	99
Clothing and accessories stores	35	8.3	2.29×More than typical	401	$18,698	46
Offices of other health practitioners	35	8.3	1.37×More than typical	299	$42,488	60
Lessors of real estate	32	7.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	92	$43,304	262
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	7.4	1.46×More than typical	154	$38,526	48
Banks and credit unions	31	7.4	2.28×More than typical	511	$73,753	—

Rank places for an industry Open Danville city

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 42,060 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 $3.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Danville, Virginia: $82.96 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.5M; −64% vs FY2025
Per resident: $82.96; US $1,994
Sole-source: 69%; US 30%
Single offer: 29%; 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

COMMONWEALTH HOME HEALTH CARE, INC.$1.4M41%
THE ENTWISTLE COMPANY LLC$987.8K28%
WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC$981.4K28%
TRI SERVICES LLC$62.9K1.8%
INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.$25.6K0.7%

Spending by fiscal year

12.1MFY2017
38.1MFY2018
18.6MFY2019
163.1KFY2020
16.3MFY2021
13.1MFY2022
27.8MFY2023
29.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Consumer goods rental · 5322$1.4M41%
Ship and boat building · 3366$987.8K28%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$981.4K28%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$60.5K1.7%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$25.6K0.7%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Danville, Virginia

INERT WARHEAD FOR MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM, REDUCED RANGE PRACTICE ROCKETS.$6.6M
THE ENTWISTLE COMPANY LLC· Danville city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 5, 2024 – Apr 7, 2026· W31P4Q24C0016
8511893038!MODULE ASSEMBLY,JET$989.3K
THE ENTWISTLE COMPANY LLC· Danville city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· SPE7M226P1503
FY26 SHRINE PROJECT DANVILLE NATIONAL CEMETERY$982.7K
WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC· Danville city, VA· Construction & real property· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 36C78626C0043
TEMPORARY OFFICE SPACE IN BLOOMINGTON, MN

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 Danville, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Danville, Virginia's figures are part of those of Danville city, VA ($3.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 99.9% of that total.

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

See federal money in Danville city

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.

Danville, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John J. McGuire IIIR-VA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.6%

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.

Danville city39100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Danville, VA24

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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