Danville city vs Shenandoah County

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

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

Shenandoah County has the higher population (44,630 vs 42,239 in Danville city). Shenandoah County has the higher median household income ($64,437 vs $42,778 in Danville city). Shenandoah County has the higher median home value ($265,800 vs $110,200 in Danville city).

Population, income & housing

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
Population	42,239	44,630
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,778	$64,437
Median home value	$110,200	$265,800
Median gross rent	$808	$968
Housing units	22,309	21,319
Homeownership rate	49.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
Population	41,070 → 42,239 (+2.8%)	43,224 → 44,630 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$37,203 → $42,778 (+15.0%)	$57,252 → $64,437 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $110,200 (+21.8%)	$213,200 → $265,800 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $808 (+18.5%)	$900 → $968 (+7.6%)

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

Shenandoah County

Population

43,22444,630

Median household income

$57,252$64,437

Median home value

$213,200$265,800

Median gross rent

$900$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.5%
75 and over	8.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	84.4%
Black or African American	50.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
No high school diploma	15.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
Drove alone	77.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	8.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
1-unit, detached	67.6%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	7.4%
20 or more units	6.3%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Danville city	Shenandoah County
Poverty rate	25.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1961	1981