Danville city vs Tazewell County

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

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

Danville city has the higher population (42,239 vs 39,933 in Tazewell County). Tazewell County has the higher median household income ($45,788 vs $42,778 in Danville city). Tazewell County has the higher median home value ($116,100 vs $110,200 in Danville city).

Population, income & housing

	Danville city	Tazewell County
Population	42,239	39,933
Median age	40.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,778	$45,788
Median home value	$110,200	$116,100
Median gross rent	$808	$738
Housing units	22,309	19,804
Homeownership rate	49.0%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville city	Tazewell County
Population	41,070 → 42,239 (+2.8%)	41,603 → 39,933 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$37,203 → $42,778 (+15.0%)	$42,099 → $45,788 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $110,200 (+21.8%)	$99,700 → $116,100 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $808 (+18.5%)	$656 → $738 (+12.5%)

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

Tazewell County

Population

41,60339,933

Median household income

$42,099$45,788

Median home value

$99,700$116,100

Median gross rent

$656$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville city	Tazewell County
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.9%
75 and over	8.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville city	Tazewell County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	50.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville city	Tazewell County
No high school diploma	15.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville city	Tazewell County
Drove alone	77.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville city	Tazewell County
1-unit, detached	67.6%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	4.3%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Danville city	Tazewell County
Poverty rate	25.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1961	1974