Danville vs Georgetown

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

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

Danville has the higher population (28,663 vs 3,105 in Georgetown). Georgetown has the higher median household income ($56,781 vs $44,239 in Danville). Danville has the higher median home value ($76,800 vs $70,500 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Georgetown
Population	28,663	3,105
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,239	$56,781
Median home value	$76,800	$70,500
Median gross rent	$809	$729
Housing units	13,725	1,483
Homeownership rate	56.8%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Georgetown
Population	31,246 → 28,663 (-8.3%)	3,271 → 3,105 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$36,172 → $44,239 (+22.3%)	$46,455 → $56,781 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $76,800 (+15.1%)	$73,600 → $70,500 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $809 (+16.4%)	$715 → $729 (+2.0%)

Danville

Population

31,24628,663

Median household income

$36,172$44,239

Median home value

$66,700$76,800

Median gross rent

$695$809

Georgetown

Population

3,2713,105

Median household income

$46,455$56,781

Median home value

$73,600$70,500

Median gross rent

$715$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Georgetown
Under 5	6.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.9%
75 and over	7.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Georgetown
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	89.6%
Black or African American	34.5%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Georgetown
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Georgetown
Drove alone	80.1%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	14.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	13.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Georgetown
1-unit, detached	73.2%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Georgetown
Poverty rate	25.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1950	1953