County profile
Danville city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
23,835
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,227
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
41,647
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$44.4k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±1.9%
Poverty rate
24.7%±2.6%
Business applications
571 · 2025
Retail establishments
282
67.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care27%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation20%
Admin & support5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
41,647
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+360
International migration+222
Natural change−1,516
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$119.1k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$836/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
14.8%±1.7%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.6M
14 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 77Winter weather 66Ice storm 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2582016
2482017
2572018
2642019
2792020
3042021
3782022
4172023
4232024
4742025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -94% since 20212442021
1682022
2922023
142024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
56.8 km
I-840
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
NS
Nearest port
196.2 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
71.8 km
PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Danville city’s economy like?
Danville city is home to 41,647 residents and 23,835 jobs across 1,227 employers, led by health care. BEA does not publish state-level GDP for US territories, so no GDP figure is shown.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.