Photo: Paul J Everett · CC BY 2.0At 2.1%, unemployment in Danville is lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Danville are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in seven work in Danville itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (34%, 19 miles). Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Danville
Danville trades workers with the towns around it
Danville has about as many jobs (6,122) as working residents (5,317), but they are mostly different people: 4,523 residents leave for work each day while 5,328 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Danville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Danville and Indianapolis trade workers both ways
Indianapolis is the top workplace for Danville residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Danville come from (11% of its jobs). 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Danville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Danville is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #33 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($97,083, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment 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+.
Danville by day and by night
On a workday 4,523 residents head out to work, 794 work right here, and 5,328 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Danville: the destinations
Where Danville clocks in
34% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
6,122 jobs are based in Danville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 5,088 → 6,122. 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.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,507 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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 distance from Danville to work
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, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #419 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,347 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). 2.5% of Danville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Danville is 307th of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| 306 | Scenic Oaks TX | 10,569 | $175K | 7.8% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 307 | Danville IN | 13,415 | $97K | 3.5% | 2.1% | 15% | A |
| 308 | River Edge NJ | 12,159 | $159K | 4.4% | 4.7% | 3% | A |
| 309 | Portland CT | 9,449 | $119K | 3.9% | 3.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Indiana.
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?
$97,083 (±$10,338) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danville?
3.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danville work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (34%, 19 mi), Plainfield (6%, 8 mi), Avon (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danville walkable?
Danville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danville without a car?
0% 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. 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.