Danville vs Martinez

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

Danville and Martinez 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 36,926 in Martinez). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $125,436 in Martinez). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $824,700 in Martinez).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Martinez
Population	43,426	36,926
Median age	45.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$223,206	$125,436
Median home value	$1,583,300	$824,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,265
Housing units	15,909	15,057
Homeownership rate	85.8%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Martinez
Population	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)	38,290 → 36,926 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)	$107,328 → $125,436 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)	$596,400 → $824,700 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)	$1,728 → $2,265 (+31.1%)

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

Martinez

Population

38,29036,926

Median household income

$107,328$125,436

Median home value

$596,400$824,700

Median gross rent

$1,728$2,265

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Martinez
Under 5	4.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.6%
75 and over	8.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Martinez
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	59.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	19.7%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.6%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Martinez
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	6.8%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Martinez
Drove alone	54.9%	65.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.5%
Public transit	3.3%	3.4%
Walked	2.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	32.6%	19.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Martinez
1-unit, detached	76.8%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Martinez
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1979	1976