Danville vs Racine

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

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

Danville has the higher population (634 vs 451 in Racine). Racine has the higher median household income ($73,724 vs $30,000 in Danville). Racine has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $77,100 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Racine
Population	634	451
Median age	48.9 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$73,724
Median home value	$77,100	$112,700
Median gross rent	$557	—
Housing units	308	140
Homeownership rate	43.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	46.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Racine
Population	870 → 634 (-27.1%)	361 → 451 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $30,000 (-33.2%)	$80,417 → $73,724 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $77,100 (+15.9%)	$123,400 → $112,700 (-8.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $557 (-17.5%)	—

Danville

Population

870634

Median household income

$44,886$30,000

Median home value

$66,500$77,100

Median gross rent

$675$557

Racine

Population

361451

Median household income

$80,417$73,724

Median home value

$123,400$112,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Racine
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.7%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	16.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	38.8%
55 to 64	7.1%	4.7%
65 to 74	18.0%	4.2%
75 and over	17.4%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Racine
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Racine
No high school diploma	24.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Racine
Drove alone	95.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	1.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	12.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Racine
1-unit, detached	36.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Racine
Poverty rate	26.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.34	3.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1978	1949