Moving to Danville, Virginia

About Danville, Virginia
Danville

Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The city is located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River. It was a center of tobacco production and was an area of Confederate activity during the American Civil War, due to its strategic location on the Richmond and Danville Railroad. In April 1865 it briefly served as the third and final capital of the Confederacy before its surrender later that year.

Danville is the principal city of the Danville, Virginia Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with surrounding Pittsylvania County for statistical purposes. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,590. It is bounded by Pittsylvania County and Caswell County, North Carolina to the south. It hosts the Danville Otterbots baseball club of the Appalachian League.

Danville has an African American majority since the Reconstruction era and had African American political representatives of the Readjuster Party until after the Danville Massacre and Democrats regaining control locally and statewide. The area again saw violence during the civil rights era.

Gender
Gender Danville Virginia Country
Female 54% 50.8% 50.8%
Male 46% 49.2% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Danville Virginia Country
Less than $10,000 10.6% 4.8% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 10.3% 3.3% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 14.6% 7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 12.8% 7.1% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 15.4% 10.8% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 17.1% 16.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 7.5% 12.9% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 7.5% 17.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 2.5% 9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 1.7% 11.6% 8.3%
Education


Education Danville Virginia Country
< 9th Grade 5% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 11% 6% 7.0%
High School or GED 34% 24% 27.0%
Other College 23% 19% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 9% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 11% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 5% 13% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Danville Virginia Country
White 41.6% 61.2% 60.1%
African American 48.5% 18.7% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 1.3% 6.6% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.9% 3.4% 2.8%
Hispanic 4.5% 9.5% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity