At 7.3%, unemployment in Danville is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Danville are D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 16.0% across Arkansas. Measured by household income, Danville is behind 67% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Danville stands out on work
Danville is where the jobs are
Danville has 1,037 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Danville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Danville fell from 1,882 in 2013 to 1,037 in 2023, −45%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Danville’s workers comes from Russellville
69 of the people who work in Danville live in Russellville, 21 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 652 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Danville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Danville is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Danville’s grade up ($64,420, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Danville could be anywhere from D− to C+.
In and out of Danville on a workday
On a workday 570 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 955 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Danville on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Most jobs in Danville are in services
1,037 jobs are based in Danville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 1,882 → 1,037. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Danville: where workers come from
Where Danville clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 12 minutes in Danville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,013 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Danville
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Danville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danville is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Arkansas, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,060 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Danville households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danville’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,589th of 5,234: where Danville ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 967 | West Fork AR | 2,373 | $78K | 3.1% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,587 | Corwith Township MI | 1,783 | $57K | 18.9% | 6.3% | 6% | D |
| 4,588 | Little Valley NY | 1,674 | $56K | 21.1% | 1.0% | 13% | D |
| 4,589 | Danville AR | 1,961 | $64K | 26.0% | 7.3% | 13% | D |
| 4,590 | Lavonia GA | 2,200 | $37K | 26.8% | 11.6% | 17% | D |
| 4,591 | Dunkirk IN | 2,097 | $46K | 22.6% | 4.9% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Danville, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
The towns next door employ 13% of Danville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | – | D | C+ | 12 min | $64,420 |
| Corinth | 13% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Corinth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Corinth. Darker towns draw more of Danville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Danville: questions
What is the median household income in Danville?
$64,420 (±$13,885) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danville?
26.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danville?
12 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danville work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Russellville (13%, 21 mi), Corinth (13%, 2 mi), Little Rock (5%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danville walkable?
Danville is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.