About Danville

Danville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,212 people and just one neighborhood, Danville is the 136th largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Danville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.5% of the Danville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Danville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Danville who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.27%), sales jobs (9.36%), and teaching (5.99%).

Danville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Danville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.98% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Danville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Danville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Danville have a very low rate of college education: just 7.99% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Danville in 2000 was $15,959, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $63,836 for a family of four.

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 African-American. Important ancestries of people in Danville include English, Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Danville is English.