Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety7#863/924
Economy16#781/925
Housing75#232/925
Health7#856/925
Healthcare48#479/923
Environment38#568/917
Education25#693/925
Infrastructure45#506/925
Community41#546/925
Leisure & amenities64#338/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Danville, IL micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
99/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · low21.6%
97/100Illinois 31.5%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public libraries · high1.4 /10k
87/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low6.1%
84/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Distance to an emergency room · low4.7 mi
81/100Illinois 4.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high422 /100k
80/100Illinois 355 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,966 /100k
1/100Illinois 1,508 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · high828 /100k
1/100Illinois 251 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high4,747 /100k
2/100Illinois 3,343 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high33.5 /100k
3/100Illinois 11.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low0.1 /1k
4/100Illinois 1.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Adult obesity · high44.1%
4/100Illinois 39.0%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
12% (2021) → 47% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+35 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Homicide rateImproving
16.4 /100k (2021) → 5.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
6.0 /1k (2020) → 9.9 /1k (2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.6% (2015-2019) → 87.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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, IL micropolitan area improved on 11 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 9 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Libraries+6%1.3 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Bachelor's++4.5 points14.7% → 19.2%
New businesses+64%6.0 /1k → 9.9 /1k
Broadband+11 points76.6% → 87.6%
Child poverty−4.3 points29.7% → 25.5%

Declined7

Suicides+107%16.2 /100k → 33.5 /100k
Firearm deaths+55%13.5 /100k → 20.9 /100k
Property crime+5.2%2,820 /100k → 2,966 /100k
Gyms−31%1.2 /10k → 0.8 /10k
Arts & recreation−8.1%3.5 /10k → 3.2 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Danville, IL micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.5 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	−8.1%	Declined	16%
Average commute time	19.6 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Average weekly wage	$8982020	$1,0692025	+19%	Improved	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	85%
Broadband subscriptions	76.6%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	70%
Child poverty rate	29.7%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Improved	70%
Distance to an airport	78 mi2020	78 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	28.4 /100k2020	29.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+3.2%	Little change	26%
Effective property tax rate	1.74%2015-2019	1.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Firearm deaths	13.5 /100k2020	20.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+55%	Declined	8%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+3.9%	Little change	65%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−31%	Declined	12%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	95%
Homicide rate	7.5 /100k2020	5.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	55%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,9602019	$60,4202024	+34%	Improved	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4512015-2019	0.4422020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$46,5152015-2019	$56,8772020-2024	+22%	Improved	24%
New business applications	6.0 /1k2020	9.9 /1k2025	+64%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−20%	Declined	20%
Poverty rate	18.9%2015-2019	17.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Property crime rate	2,820 /100k2020	2,966 /100k2025	+5.2%	Declined	4%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.4 /10k2024	+6%	Improved	87%
Rent as share of income	26.4%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	42.1%2015-2019	46.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Restaurants and bars	10.4 /10k2020	10.7 /10k2025	+2.5%	Little change	57%
Suicide rate	16.2 /100k2020	33.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+107%	Declined	1%
Traffic deaths	14.7 /100k2015-2019	16.0 /100k2020-2024	+8.9%	Declined	47%
Unemployment rate	9.1%2020	5.6%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	65%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Violent crime rate	912 /100k2020	828 /100k2025	−9.2%	Improved	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Danville, IL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Danville, IL micropolitan area 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, IL micropolitan area itself moved −5.4 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

72,386 residents

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

30,084 households (±385)

Danville, IL micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k20%6,107
$25k–50k24%7,254
$50k–75k16%4,839

Homes

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

Owners and renters

30,084 households (±385)

Danville, IL micropolitan area
United States share

Own70%21,129
Rent30%8,955

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

30,006 workers (±598)

Danville, IL micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%23,751
Carpool6.7%1,998
Public transit0.5%†154

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 no occupation wages for Danville, IL micropolitan area.

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.

Danville, IL has 1,300 employer establishments, 181 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248), with 23,008 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,432. The Census Bureau also counts 4,013 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,300; 4,013 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 181; US 248
Paid employees: 23,008
Average annual pay: $50,432; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	105	14.7	0.80×Fewer than typical	1,808	$17,552	25
Ambulatory health care services	81	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	817	$58,361	164
Religious organizations	68	9.5	1.71×More than typical	303	$19,855	—
Specialty trade contractors	61	8.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	477	$73,189	265
Limited-service restaurants	49	6.8	0.85×About typical	1,034	$16,456	8
Full-service restaurants	41	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	657	$19,298	12
Automotive repair and maintenance	40	5.6	1.11×About typical	232	$35,599	66
Gasoline stations	34	4.7	1.46×More than typical	442	$29,025	—
Banks and credit unions	32	4.5	1.38×More than typical	276	$52,268	—
Truck transportation	32	4.5	0.88×About typical	347	$61,720	157
General merchandise stores	29	4	2.29×More than typical	709	$30,126	33
Building equipment contractors	28	3.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	271	$69,576	53

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 71,666 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $24.6M on contracts performed in Danville, IL micropolitan area: $346 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $24.6M; −57% vs FY2025
Per resident: $346; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; 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

PANACEA CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC$2.4M9.6%
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC$2.2M8.9%
TEASDALE FOODS, INC.$2.1M8.7%
CHARLOTTE ENGINEERS-GUIDON JV LLC$2.1M8.5%
MGI, INC.$2M7.9%

Spending by fiscal year

26.2MFY2017
28.4MFY2018
52.5MFY2019
17.8MFY2020
42MFY2021
71.3MFY2022
94.8MFY2023
62.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$5.1M21%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$4.6M19%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3.4M14%
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$2.1M8.7%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.4M5.9%

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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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $474.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Danville, IL micropolitan area: $6,660 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $474.6M; −9.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,660; US $12,955
Loan face value: $15.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$283.4M60%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$48.2M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$42.2M8.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$34.5M7.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$22.4M4.7%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$7.2M1.5%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$7.1M1.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$4.7M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$12M2.5%
SPRINGFIELD, IL
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF DANVILLE$9.2M1.9%
DANVILLE, IL
DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$2.5M0.5%
DANVILLE, IL
VALLEYVIEW HEIGHTS APARTMENTS$941.2K0.2%
DANVILLE, IL
GEORGETOWN MANOR, L.P.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$388.6M82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$47.8M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$12M2.5%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$9.2M1.9%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

530MFY2021
537.5MFY2022
483.5MFY2023
476MFY2024
522.3MFY2025
474.6MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Danville, IL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Vermilion CountyCentral county3471,259

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DanvillePrincipal city28,595

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Illinois

Areas based in Illinois, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Danville, IL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Danville, IL

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Illinois

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

What was bought