Scores by category

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

Safety35#598/924
Economy7#862/925
Housing53#436/925
Health10#829/925
Healthcare56#410/923
Environment82#170/917
Education11#819/925
Infrastructure12#812/925
Community36#590/925
Leisure & amenities32#626/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Median Air Quality Index · low3
100/1002022U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Social associations · high16.3 /10k
93/100Virginia 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
87/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · high1.1%
84/100Virginia 2.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an Amtrak station · low9 mi
83/100Virginia 14 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
81/1002022U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low78.3%
3/100Virginia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Median household income · low$49,874
5/100Virginia $92,116United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Job growth · low-2.8%
8/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Drought exposure · high89%
8/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Premature death · high13,484 /100k
8/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · high130 /100k
9/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University 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
17% (2021) → 89% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+72 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
40.0% (2010 & 2021) → 58.7% (2022 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.1 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−72%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
13.3 /100k (2021) → 6.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
4,318 /100k (2019) → 2,263 /100k (2023)
−48%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
8.0 /1k (2020) → 11.8 /1k (2025)
+46%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /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, VA micropolitan area improved on 18 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 6 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.

Improved18

Uninsured−3 points11.4% → 8.3%
High school++4 points82.3% → 86.3%
Grocery stores+22%1.5 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Restaurants+16%6.8 /10k → 7.9 /10k
Weekly wage+30%$765 → $992

Declined4

Commute+1.7 min22.8 min → 24.4 min
Arts & recreation−5.8%2.6 /10k → 2.5 /10k
Traffic deaths+10%19.6 /100k → 21.5 /100k
Price / income+0.4×2.7× → 3.0×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Danville, VA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−5.8%	Declined	19%
Average commute time	22.8 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	+1.7 min	Declined	17%
Average weekly wage	$7652020	$9922025	+30%	Improved	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Improved	27%
Broadband subscriptions	71.7%2015-2019	78.3%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Improved	19%
Child poverty rate	29.9%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Improved	72%
Distance to an airport	51 mi2020	51 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	16%
Drug overdose deaths	31.1 /100k2020	18.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−41%	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Firearm deaths	19.7 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Improved	75%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	91%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	+1.8%	Little change	48%
High school diploma or higher	82.3%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	91%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	59%
Homicide rate	9.6 /100k2020	6.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−35%	Improved	62%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,0422019	$57,1352024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.4612020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$42,1752015-2019	$49,8742020-2024	+18%	Improved	10%
New business applications	8.0 /1k2020	11.8 /1k2025	+46%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−2.5%	Little change	63%
Poverty rate	18.6%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Property crime rate	1,563 /100k2020	1,362 /100k2025	−13%	Improved	15%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−0.9%	Little change	56%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	45.8%2015-2019	45.7%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Restaurants and bars	6.8 /10k2020	7.9 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	89%
Suicide rate	20.7 /100k2020	16.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−20%	Improved	87%
Traffic deaths	19.6 /100k2015-2019	21.5 /100k2020-2024	+10%	Declined	45%
Unemployment rate	8.7%2020	4.5%2025	−4.2 points	Improved	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−3 points	Improved	93%
Violent crime rate	205 /100k2020	166 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	55%

“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, VA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Danville, VA 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, VA micropolitan area itself moved +2.4 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

102,070 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

44,086 households (±619)

Danville, VA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k26%11,663
$25k–50k24%10,429
$50k–75k17%7,457

Homes

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

Owners and renters

44,086 households (±619)

Danville, VA micropolitan area
United States share

Own65%28,791
Rent35%15,295

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

40,809 workers (±879)

Danville, VA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone80%32,804
Carpool9.0%3,654
Public transit1.1%†449

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, VA 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, VA has 2,106 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248), with 32,782 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,960. The Census Bureau also counts 6,572 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,106; 6,572 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248
Paid employees: 32,782
Average annual pay: $43,960; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	200	19.7	0.94×About typical	3,471	$54,149	415
Restaurants and other eating places	173	17	0.93×About typical	4,023	$18,732	33
Religious organizations	142	14	2.52×More than typical	676	$18,598	—
Specialty trade contractors	128	12.6	0.81×About typical	873	$48,354	405
Limited-service restaurants	85	8.4	1.04×About typical	2,028	$16,493	15
Full-service restaurants	76	7.5	0.97×About typical	1,855	$21,031	12
Building equipment contractors	62	6.1	1.01×About typical	540	$48,920	80
Automotive repair and maintenance	60	5.9	1.17×About typical	270	$39,663	141
Lessors of real estate	57	5.6	0.45×Fewer than typical	134	$38,478	570
Construction of buildings	56	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	403	$40,801	173
Grocery and convenience stores	56	5.5	1.86×More than typical	1,066	$22,649	16
Services to buildings and dwellings	55	5.4	0.80×About typical	421	$31,062	594

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 101,712 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 $11.9M on contracts performed in Danville, VA micropolitan area: $118 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $11.9M; −56% vs FY2025
Per resident: $118; US $1,994
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.5%; 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

CAPPS SHOE COMPANY, LLC$8.2M69%
COMMONWEALTH HOME HEALTH CARE, INC.$1.4M12%
THE ENTWISTLE COMPANY LLC$989.3K8.3%
WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC$982.7K8.2%
IRFLEX CORP$195.2K1.6%

Spending by fiscal year

12.4MFY2017
38.8MFY2018
19.2MFY2019
515.3KFY2020
16.3MFY2021
13.1MFY2022
41.9MFY2023
43.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Footwear manufacturing · 3162$8.2M69%
Consumer goods rental · 5322$1.4M12%
Ship and boat building · 3366$989.3K8.3%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$982.7K8.2%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$195.2K1.6%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617

Largest awards

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
8511901481!SHOES,WOMEN'S$2.8M
CAPPS SHOE COMPANY, LLC· Pittsylvania County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 6, 2026 – Feb 6, 2026· SPE1C126F2282
8511686909!SHOES,MEN'S$2.6M
CAPPS SHOE COMPANY, LLC· Pittsylvania County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 7, 2025 – Oct 7, 2025· SPE1C126F0171
8511904933!SHOES,WOMEN'S

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 $768.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Danville, VA micropolitan area: $7,602 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $768.9M; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,602; US $12,955
Loan face value: $45.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$467.4M61%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$86.2M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$68.7M8.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$43.6M5.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$36.1M4.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$8.4M1.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$7.2M0.9%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$5.8M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

DANVILLE HOUSING COMPANY, INC.$12.6M1.6%
DANVILLE, VA
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$9.1M1.2%
RICHMOND, VA
PIEDMONT ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, INC.$4.8M0.6%
DANVILLE, VA
DANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$4.5M0.6%
DANVILLE, VA
AVERETT UNIVERSITY OF DANVILLE, VIRGINIA

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$633.3M82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$78.4M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$12.6M1.6%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$9.1M1.2%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

720.4MFY2021
699.1MFY2022
732MFY2023
781.8MFY2024
921.4MFY2025
768.9MFY2026

County aggregates

93%

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, VA

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

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DanvillePrincipal city42,214

Largest cities and towns

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

Other metro and micro areas in Virginia

Areas based in Virginia, 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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved18

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Danville, VA 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)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Danville, VA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Virginia

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved18

Declined4

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)

Largest awards

What was bought