Photo: Agwatkin · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Danville’s
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Poverty touches 3.8% of residents, against 12.0% across California. For jobs and income Danville is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Danville at work: what stands out
Home offices are common in Danville
37% of Danville workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Danville workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Danville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Danville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Danville is San Francisco, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (1,918) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Danville draws workers from far and wide
The 11,089 jobs in Danville are filled from a wide area. Danville’s own residents hold 11% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Danville
Household income holds Danville’s grade up ($232,216, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Danville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How long Danville spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,436 commuters (the 37% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The 11,089 jobs based in Danville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 9,768 → 11,089. 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.
Miles to work from Danville
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.
10% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Danville clocks in
8% 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.
Who leaves Danville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 17,293 residents head out to work, 1,257 work right here, and 9,832 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36,000 people are in Danville on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
In Danville, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 19,830 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 18% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Danville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Danville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Danville is 215th of 1,011 U.S. towns of 30,000 to 58,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 54 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Franklin WI | 36,687 | $107K | 6.7% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 214 | Commerce Township MI | 45,067 | $113K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 7% | A |
| 215 | Danville CA | 43,302 | $232K | 3.8% | 5.6% | 7% | A |
| 216 | Montclair Township NJ | 44,633 | $151K | 7.5% | 4.5% | 9% | A |
| 217 | Lake Township OH | 30,523 | $101K | 5.2% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,011 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 California.
How Danville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to San Ramon (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | – | A | A | 33 min | $232,216 |
| Alamo | under 3% | A+ | A | 29 min | $250,000+ |
| Diablo | under 3% | A− | A− | 33 min | $248,150 |
| Blackhawk | under 3% | A | A− | 36 min | $245,208 |
| San Ramon | 8% | A | A | 35 min | $196,161 |
| Camino Tassajara | under 3% | A− | A | 45 min | $250,000+ |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$232,216 (±$13,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danville?
3.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (10%, 25 mi), San Ramon (8%, 4 mi), Oakland (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danville walkable?
Danville is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danville without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.