Photo: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore · CC BY-SA 3.0Danville has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 10,429 people commute in to work
Jobs & income C−: better than 20% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #102 of 142 in Kentucky.
Walkability A: more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns · #13 of 142 in Kentucky.
Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Kentucky 24, U.S. 26). About one in three work in Danville; the top destination outside it is Lexington (13%, 33 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.2 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 4.7 in Louisville (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Danville, in brief
Danville is where the jobs are
Danville has 12,701 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Danville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Danville is Lexington, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (809) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Danville draws workers from far and wide
The 12,701 jobs in Danville are filled from a wide area. Danville’s own residents hold 18% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Danville are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kentucky worker. 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.
What’s behind Danville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Danville is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #102 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Danville’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,646, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Danville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Danville fills up on a workday
On a workday 4,174 residents head out to work, 2,272 work right here, and 10,429 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Danville on a workday afternoon, 35% more than live here.
2.0 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.
Half of Danville commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Where Danville’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Danville clocks in
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Kentucky
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,608 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 12,701 jobs in Danville are
12,701 jobs are based in Danville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 11,533 → 12,701. 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.
Danville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danville is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #13 of 142 in Kentucky. Both inputs place Danville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,372 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 7.0% of Danville households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Danville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Danville is 1,874th of 2,103 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Danville, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 311 | Burlington KY | 18,008 | $109K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 462 | Fort Thomas KY | 17,142 | $104K | 6.1% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 749 | Mount Washington KY | 18,989 | $96K | 5.3% | 4.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,872 | Thompson NY | 16,722 | $65K | 21.6% | 5.7% | 33% | C− |
| 1,873 | Jennings MO | 13,093 | $39K | 25.2% | 8.9% | 2% | C− |
| 1,874 | Danville KY | 17,736 | $53K | 17.4% | 6.6% | 35% | C− |
| 1,875 | Jacksonville AL | 14,400 | $52K | 23.1% | 7.5% | 19% | C− |
| 1,876 | Trotwood OH | 23,190 | $50K | 21.5% | 8.6% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | 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.
Danville and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Danville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | – | C− | A | 17 min | $52,646 |
| Junction City | under 1% | D | B | 24 min | $45,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$52,646 (±$5,087) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danville?
17.4%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danville?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danville work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (13%, 33 mi), Harrodsburg (5%, 10 mi), Louisville (3%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danville walkable?
Danville is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 8% 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.