Danville vs Sheffield

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

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

Danville has the higher population (359 vs 200 in Sheffield). Danville has the higher median home value ($252,900 vs $106,300 in Sheffield). Since 2019, Sheffield's population has grown faster (+119.8% vs -20.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Sheffield
Population	359	200
Median age	60.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,750
Median home value	$252,900	$106,300
Median gross rent	—	$983
Housing units	239	84
Homeownership rate	51.5%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Sheffield
Population	453 → 359 (-20.8%)	91 → 200 (+119.8%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $64,167 (-3.1%)	$59,583 → $63,750 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$175,800 → $252,900 (+43.9%)	$103,100 → $106,300 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,344 → $983 (-26.9%)

Danville

Population

453359

Median household income

$66,250$64,167

Median home value

$175,800$252,900

Sheffield

Population

91200

Median household income

$59,583$63,750

Median home value

$103,100$106,300

Median gross rent

$1,344$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Sheffield
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	31.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	22.5%
35 to 44	23.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	3.1%	3.5%
55 to 64	40.9%	5.0%
65 to 74	17.8%	4.0%
75 and over	4.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Sheffield
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Sheffield
Drove alone	44.4%	90.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	53.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	51.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	29.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Sheffield
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.0%
Average household size	1.50	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1938	1955