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Virginia·Danville County
17 tracts·42K people·$119K median·986/mi²
Black 50 · White 39 · Hispanic 6 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 1 · Other 0
Living alone 43 · Other 31 · Married couple 26
Health 30 · Manufacturing 20 · Retail 19 · Professional 12 · Leisure 11 · Public admin 4 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 28 · Production · transport 23 · Service 21 · Sales · office 20 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 75 · Carpool 22 · Work from home 9 · Transit 2 · Walk 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Danville is $119,100 (Census ACS) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Danville has 42,214 residents across 16 census tracts and 14 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.4; the population is 50.5% Black, 38.8% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Multiracial, 1.2% Asian and 0.1% Other; the average household has 2.1 people; 19.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 24.6% (Census ACS).
Forest Hills Elementary (77%), Park Avenue Elementary (57%) and Woodberry Hills Elementary (54%) lead the elementary schools; O. Trent Bonner Middle (64%) and Westwood Middle (54%) lead the middle schools; Galileo Magnet High (96%), George Washington High (72%) and R.I.S.E Academy at the John M. Langston Campus (19%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $836/month, 47% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Danville is $44,423 a year, 48% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Danville, median rent is $836/month and the median home value is $119,100 (Census ACS).
Danville reported 3.7 violent crimes and 30.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 87°F; winter lows average 29°F; there are 70 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 46 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Danville are winter weather (87), inland flooding (86) and ice storm (79), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.12g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Danville, 0.9% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).