Danville vs Westville

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

Danville and Westville 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 3,442 in Westville). Westville has the higher median household income ($52,809 vs $44,239 in Danville). Westville has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $76,800 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Westville
Population	28,663	3,442
Median age	38.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,239	$52,809
Median home value	$76,800	$98,800
Median gross rent	$809	$751
Housing units	13,725	1,540
Homeownership rate	56.8%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Westville
Population	31,246 → 28,663 (-8.3%)	3,219 → 3,442 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$36,172 → $44,239 (+22.3%)	$47,014 → $52,809 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $76,800 (+15.1%)	$76,700 → $98,800 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $809 (+16.4%)	$592 → $751 (+26.9%)

Danville

Population

31,24628,663

Median household income

$36,172$44,239

Median home value

$66,700$76,800

Median gross rent

$695$809

Westville

Population

3,2193,442

Median household income

$47,014$52,809

Median home value

$76,700$98,800

Median gross rent

$592$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Westville
Under 5	6.9%	10.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.7%
75 and over	7.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Westville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	34.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Westville
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Westville
Drove alone	80.1%	86.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Westville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Westville
Poverty rate	25.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1950	1954