Danville vs Madison

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

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

Madison has the higher population (2,840 vs 634 in Danville). Madison has the higher median household income ($57,073 vs $30,000 in Danville). Madison has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $77,100 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Madison
Population	634	2,840
Median age	48.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$57,073
Median home value	$77,100	$127,200
Median gross rent	$557	$1,015
Housing units	308	1,319
Homeownership rate	43.2%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Madison
Population	870 → 634 (-27.1%)	2,788 → 2,840 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $30,000 (-33.2%)	$46,250 → $57,073 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $77,100 (+15.9%)	$120,300 → $127,200 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $557 (-17.5%)	$741 → $1,015 (+37.0%)

Danville

Population

870634

Median household income

$44,886$30,000

Median home value

$66,500$77,100

Median gross rent

$675$557

Madison

Population

2,7882,840

Median household income

$46,250$57,073

Median home value

$120,300$127,200

Median gross rent

$741$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Madison
Under 5	9.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	18.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	18.0%	17.1%
75 and over	17.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Madison
No high school diploma	24.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Madison
Drove alone	95.0%	74.3%
Carpooled	1.4%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Madison
1-unit, detached	36.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Madison
Poverty rate	26.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1978	1961