Danville vs Hoopeston

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

Danville and Hoopeston 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 5,039 in Hoopeston). Hoopeston has the higher median household income ($55,180 vs $44,239 in Danville). Danville has the higher median home value ($76,800 vs $63,400 in Hoopeston).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Hoopeston
Population	28,663	5,039
Median age	38.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,239	$55,180
Median home value	$76,800	$63,400
Median gross rent	$809	$803
Housing units	13,725	2,529
Homeownership rate	56.8%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Hoopeston
Population	31,246 → 28,663 (-8.3%)	5,102 → 5,039 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$36,172 → $44,239 (+22.3%)	$43,914 → $55,180 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $76,800 (+15.1%)	$62,500 → $63,400 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $809 (+16.4%)	$621 → $803 (+29.3%)

Danville

Population

31,24628,663

Median household income

$36,172$44,239

Median home value

$66,700$76,800

Median gross rent

$695$809

Hoopeston

Population

5,1025,039

Median household income

$43,914$55,180

Median home value

$62,500$63,400

Median gross rent

$621$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Hoopeston
Under 5	6.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.0%
75 and over	7.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Hoopeston
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	34.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Hoopeston
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Hoopeston
Drove alone	80.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Hoopeston
1-unit, detached	73.2%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Hoopeston
Poverty rate	25.1%	15.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1950	1940