Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0At 0.8%, unemployment in Danville is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Danville; the top destination outside it is St. Johnsbury (18%, 6 miles). The two grades for Danville are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes (Vermont 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Danville and work: the main findings
Danville and St. Johnsbury trade workers both ways
St. Johnsbury is the top workplace for Danville residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Danville come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Danville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Danville went from 368 in 2013 to 717 in 2023, +95%. The jobs ↓
Danville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 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; with 973 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Danville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Danville is better than 62% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Danville’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Danville could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The towns that employ Danville’s residents
Where Danville clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 717 jobs based in Danville
717 jobs are based in Danville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 717. 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 trip to work from Danville: 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 Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 850 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
In and out of Danville on a workday
On a workday 793 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 537 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Danville on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
The distance from Danville to work
About 18% 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.
Few in Danville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danville is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,045 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 8.7% of Danville households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Danville is 1,586th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 736 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 775 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 805 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,584 | Elk Point SD | 2,080 | $90K | 8.5% | 3.0% | 22% | B |
| 1,585 | Fowler Township OH | 2,295 | $76K | 13.0% | 1.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,586 | Danville VT | 2,372 | $71K | 5.3% | 0.8% | 18% | B |
| 1,587 | Fairfield VT | 2,031 | $87K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 6% | B |
| 1,588 | Big Coppitt Key FL | 3,109 | $105K | 4.7% | 3.8% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Vermont.
Bordering towns draw 21% of Danville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | – | B | C− | 33 min | $70,946 |
| Cabot | 3% | C+ | B− | 30 min | $77,031 |
| St. Johnsbury | 18% | C | A | 20 min | $57,738 |
| Peacham | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Wheelock | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Barnet | under 2% | C | C− | 28 min | $67,386 |
Same-state neighbors only. Peacham and Wheelock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Johnsbury. 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?
$70,946 (±$7,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danville?
5.3%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danville work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johnsbury (18%, 6 mi), Lyndon (5%, 10 mi), Burlington (4%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danville walkable?
Danville is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% 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.