Danville vs Sylvester

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

Danville and Sylvester 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 192 in Sylvester). Sylvester has the higher median household income ($70,156 vs $30,000 in Danville). Sylvester has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $77,100 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Sylvester
Population	634	192
Median age	48.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$70,156
Median home value	$77,100	$79,000
Median gross rent	$557	—
Housing units	308	101
Homeownership rate	43.2%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Sylvester
Population	870 → 634 (-27.1%)	240 → 192 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $30,000 (-33.2%)	$45,000 → $70,156 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $77,100 (+15.9%)	$50,000 → $79,000 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $557 (-17.5%)	$873 → $940 (+7.7%)

Danville

Population

870634

Median household income

$44,886$30,000

Median home value

$66,500$77,100

Median gross rent

$675$557

Sylvester

Population

240192

Median household income

$45,000$70,156

Median home value

$50,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$873$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Sylvester
Under 5	9.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	7.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	19.3%
25 to 34	13.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	7.1%	9.4%
65 to 74	18.0%	9.4%
75 and over	17.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Sylvester
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	Sylvester
No high school diploma	24.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	1.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Sylvester
Drove alone	95.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	18.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Sylvester
1-unit, detached	36.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	19.8%
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	Sylvester
Poverty rate	26.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	43
Median year structure built	1978	1957