Danville is home to 28,595 people in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults. The typical home is worth $79,000, having risen by half since 2000. That trails the Illinois median by roughly 45%. 24.5% of people here live below the federal poverty line. The average commute runs 14 minutes.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $45,957, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 16%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Danville
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$92,403 → $79,000(−15%)US over the same years: +67%
Black share19.1% → 34.2%(+15.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.0% → 19.0%(+3.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Danville's population equals 40% of Vermilion County's. Its number of households without a car equals 67% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 66% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.8%(215)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.4%(235)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.8%(394)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.9%(76)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,279 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Danville, decade by decade
Danville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
33,828
$53,558
$92,403
15.0%
44.2
2000
33,904
$55,435
$94,362
15.7%
59.2
2010
33,027
$46,731
$95,953
15.9%
69.2
2020
29,204
$45,243
$81,449
17.3%
75.8
2024
28,595
$45,957
$79,000
19.0%
72.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
