Danville is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 652 people and two associated neighborhoods, Danville is the 179th largest community in West Virginia.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Danville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.77% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Danville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Danville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Danville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.21 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Danville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Danville have a very low rate of college education: just 6.03% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Danville in 2018 was $25,865, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,460 for a family of four. However, Danville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Danville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Danville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Danville include Irish, English, British, Polish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Danville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.