Danville vs Hercules

A side-by-side comparison of Danville and Hercules: population, income, housing, and more.

Danville and Hercules are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Danville has the higher population (43,426 vs 26,245 in Hercules). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $130,583 in Hercules). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $741,200 in Hercules).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Hercules
Population	43,426	26,245
Median age	45.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$223,206	$130,583
Median home value	$1,583,300	$741,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,003
Housing units	15,909	9,615
Homeownership rate	85.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Hercules
Population	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)	25,616 → 26,245 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)	$117,018 → $130,583 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)	$561,600 → $741,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)	$2,201 → $3,003 (+36.4%)

Danville

Population

44,60543,426

Median household income

$160,808$223,206

Median home value

$1,091,900$1,583,300

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,501

Hercules

Population

25,61626,245

Median household income

$117,018$130,583

Median home value

$561,600$741,200

Median gross rent

$2,201$3,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Hercules
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.0%
75 and over	8.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Hercules
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	15.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	18.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.7%	43.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Hercules
No high school diploma	1.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	6.8%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Hercules
Drove alone	54.9%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.3%
Public transit	3.3%	9.1%
Walked	2.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	32.6%	18.1%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Hercules
1-unit, detached	76.8%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	19.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Hercules
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1979	1988