Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Danville works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Danville itself; outside it, Burlington draws the most (27%, 11 miles). Danville has 230 jobs for 448 working residents. Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Danville stands out on work
Danville and Burlington trade workers both ways
Burlington is the top workplace for Danville residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Danville come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Danville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 448 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Danville: the destinations
Where Danville clocks in
27% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
The daily trip from Danville: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danville workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 469 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Danville
On a workday 435 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Danville on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Danville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 230. 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.
How far it is to work from Danville
About 24% 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.
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?
$80,192 (±$13,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danville?
15.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (27%, 11 mi), West Burlington (14%, 8 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Danville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.