Danville vs Shaft

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

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

Shaft has the higher population (298 vs 282 in Danville). Since 2019, Danville's population has grown faster (+40.3% vs -15.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Shaft
Population	282	298
Median age	50.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median home value	$94,900	—
Housing units	266	141
Homeownership rate	46.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Shaft
Population	201 → 282 (+40.3%)	351 → 298 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$50,588 → $2,499 (-95.1%)	$107,500 → $139,811 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$128,800 → $94,900 (-26.3%)	$131,700 → $132,600 (+0.7%)

Danville

Population

201282

Median household income

$50,588$2,499

Median home value

$128,800$94,900

Shaft

Population

351298

Median household income

$107,500$139,811

Median home value

$131,700$132,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Shaft
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	34.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	50.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	38.3%	28.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Shaft
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Shaft
No high school diploma	50.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	5.7%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Shaft
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Shaft
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Shaft
Poverty rate	50.4%	5.4%
Average household size	1.06	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938