Danville vs Whitesville

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

Danville and Whitesville 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 168 in Whitesville). Whitesville has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $30,000 in Danville). Whitesville has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $77,100 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Whitesville
Population	634	168
Median age	48.9 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$67,500
Median home value	$77,100	$90,300
Median gross rent	$557	$654
Housing units	308	214
Homeownership rate	43.2%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Whitesville
Population	870 → 634 (-27.1%)	377 → 168 (-55.4%)
Median household income	$44,886 → $30,000 (-33.2%)	$20,313 → $67,500 (+232.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $77,100 (+15.9%)	$54,100 → $90,300 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $557 (-17.5%)	$456 → $654 (+43.4%)

Danville

Population

870634

Median household income

$44,886$30,000

Median home value

$66,500$77,100

Median gross rent

$675$557

Whitesville

Population

377168

Median household income

$20,313$67,500

Median home value

$54,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$456$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Whitesville
Under 5	9.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	7.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	22.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.1%	19.0%
65 to 74	18.0%	2.4%
75 and over	17.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Whitesville
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	Whitesville
No high school diploma	24.6%	16.4%
High school graduate	35.7%	63.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Whitesville
Drove alone	95.0%	64.9%
Carpooled	1.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	15.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	36.4%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	22.4%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Whitesville
Poverty rate	26.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1978	1955