Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Danville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 211 jobs in Danville; 2,490 of its residents have a job. Danville grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Danville is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Danville at work: what stands out
Danville is a place people come home to
There are 211 jobs based in Danville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Danville has about 2,400 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Danville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical 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.
How Danville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Danville is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #50 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Danville’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income 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 B− to A+.
A workday in Danville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,429 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Danville on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of New Hampshire
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,034 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 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.
6% of working residents work in Manchester
Where Danville clocks in
6% 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.
56% of the jobs in Danville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 211. 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.
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.
Most trips from Danville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danville is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #123 of 126 in New Hampshire. 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 2,341 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.5% of Danville households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300, Danville comes 931st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 140 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 211 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 929 | Verona VA | 4,165 | $74K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 14% | A− |
| 930 | East Troy WI | 4,988 | $80K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 9% | A− |
| 931 | Danville NH | 4,650 | $115K | 12.1% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 932 | Tuscarawas Township OH | 5,844 | $87K | 10.0% | 2.1% | 5% | A− |
| 933 | Le Roy IL | 3,465 | $82K | 2.8% | 3.2% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 New Hampshire.
Around Danville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Hampstead (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | – | A− | D | 35 min | $115,104 |
| Kingston | under 3% | A | C | 34 min | $105,330 |
| Sandown | under 3% | B | D | 33 min | $135,040 |
| Hampstead | 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $112,348 |
| Fremont | under 3% | A | C− | 33 min | $120,781 |
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?
$115,104 (±$20,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danville?
12.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (6%, 17 mi), Plaistow (5%, 6 mi), Salem (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danville walkable?
Danville is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 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 0% of households have no car. 0% 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.