Danville vs Perryville

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

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

Danville has the higher population (17,235 vs 813 in Perryville). Perryville has the higher median household income ($60,880 vs $53,370 in Danville). Danville has the higher median home value ($202,200 vs $128,700 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Perryville
Population	17,235	813
Median age	36.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,370	$60,880
Median home value	$202,200	$128,700
Median gross rent	$767	$475
Housing units	7,202	457
Homeownership rate	57.5%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Perryville
Population	16,730 → 17,235 (+3.0%)	839 → 813 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$39,906 → $53,370 (+33.7%)	$50,179 → $60,880 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$148,700 → $202,200 (+36.0%)	$90,700 → $128,700 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $767 (+6.7%)	$800 → $475 (-40.6%)

Danville

Population

16,73017,235

Median household income

$39,906$53,370

Median home value

$148,700$202,200

Median gross rent

$719$767

Perryville

Population

839813

Median household income

$50,179$60,880

Median home value

$90,700$128,700

Median gross rent

$800$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Perryville
Under 5	5.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.9%
18 to 24	15.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.9%
75 and over	7.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	89.5%
Black or African American	10.7%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Perryville
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Perryville
Drove alone	74.9%	92.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Perryville
1-unit, detached	66.3%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Perryville
Poverty rate	15.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1976	1938