Danville is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 42,127 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Danville is the 185th largest community in California.

Danville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.30% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Danville is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Danville who work in management occupations (24.02%), sales jobs (17.64%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.86%).

Also of interest is that Danville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Danville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Danville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Danville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Danville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Danville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Danville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.91 minutes every day commuting to work.

Danville is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Danville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Danville is a pretty powerful place. 59.45% of the adults in Danville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Danville in 2000 was $50,773, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $203,092 for a family of four. However, Danville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Danville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Danville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Danville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Danville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Danville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.