Danville city vs Manassas city

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

Danville city and Manassas city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Manassas city has the higher population (42,674 vs 42,239 in Danville city). Manassas city has the higher median household income ($117,919 vs $42,778 in Danville city). Manassas city has the higher median home value ($434,700 vs $110,200 in Danville city).

Population, income & housing

	Danville city	Manassas city
Population	42,239	42,674
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,778	$117,919
Median home value	$110,200	$434,700
Median gross rent	$808	$1,835
Housing units	22,309	14,426
Homeownership rate	49.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville city	Manassas city
Population	41,070 → 42,239 (+2.8%)	41,174 → 42,674 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$37,203 → $42,778 (+15.0%)	$81,493 → $117,919 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $110,200 (+21.8%)	$324,600 → $434,700 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $808 (+18.5%)	$1,528 → $1,835 (+20.1%)

Danville city

Population

41,07042,239

Median household income

$37,203$42,778

Median home value

$90,500$110,200

Median gross rent

$682$808

Manassas city

Population

41,17442,674

Median household income

$81,493$117,919

Median home value

$324,600$434,700

Median gross rent

$1,528$1,835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville city	Manassas city
Under 5	5.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	6.6%
75 and over	8.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville city	Manassas city
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	34.5%
Black or African American	50.3%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	43.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville city	Manassas city
No high school diploma	15.0%	18.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville city	Manassas city
Drove alone	77.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	13.1%
Public transit	1.6%	2.3%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.0%	12.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville city	Manassas city
1-unit, detached	67.6%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	32.4%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	13.6%
20 or more units	6.3%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Danville city	Manassas city
Poverty rate	25.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.18	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1961	1985