AreaProfile

Danville, Illinois

Area Profile

28,595 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Danville, in Vermilion County.

51
Area Score
Bottom 11% of 1,482 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity1541st of 1,567 published cities22
Growth1494th of 1,503 published cities7
Housing affordabilityTop 24% of 1,876 published cities91
Climate1165th of 1,876 published cities66
Physical resilienceTop 29% of 1,849 published cities76
Access1688th of 1,876 published cities71
Economic stability1847th of 1,876 published cities24
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published city profiles: unemployment is 6.4% and the Opportunity signal places Danville in the bottom 2%.

Its Area Score of 51 places Danville in the top 89% of published city profiles.

At a glance

Population
28,595
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$45,957
Bottom 17% nationally
Density
1,601/sq mi
17.9 sq mi of land
Median age
39.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Vermilion County
Illinois
Metro area
Danville, IL
Nearest major airport
HUF
50 mi · Terre Haute Rgnl
Median home value
$79,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 6.4% is lower than 7% of the 1,567 measured US cities.

Employment fell 1.5% over the past year, to 10,083 employed residents.

Median household income of $45,957 is below 83% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,620$45,957Bottom 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,518$27,503Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate24.5%Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute16.2 minBottom 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%Bottom 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment10,083Bottom 1%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-2.6%Bottom 14%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.5%Bottom 38%June 2026
Labor force10,774Bottom 1%June 2026
Labor force participation51.1%Bottom 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.2%Top 42%June 2026
Unemployment rate6.4%Top 7%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032026/012026/069.65.1
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 6.4% in June 2026.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202446k39k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $45,957 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $846 takes 22% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 1.7 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
22.1%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
1.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$846
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$79,000
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income1.72Bottom 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate57.3%Bottom 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±39513,948Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$39$846Bottom 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$5,561$79,000Bottom 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income22.1%Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate14.7%Top 35%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
7/ 100
Ranks 1494 of 1,503 published city profiles
Permitting is broadly steady, measured from 2022 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has fallen 4% since 2020, reaching 27,981 in 2024.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 0.1 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
2
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.1
Bottom 5% nationally
Year over year
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202429k28k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
20222023202420250.00.0
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 85°F and January a low of 20°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 43.2 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station DANVILLE, 2.0 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation43.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low20°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high85°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing48°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

76 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, earthquake and strong wind.

Strong windElevated
DroughtModerate
EarthquakeElevated
HailModerate
TornadoHigh
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, winter weather, inland flooding, landslide, ice storm, lightning, hurricane, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 50 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Terre Haute RgnlHUF50 mi9,021 ft
Central Il Rgnl/Bloomington-NormalBMI73 mi8,000 ft
Indianapolis IntlIND76 mi11,200 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Danville

2 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
6183232,450$47,33250
618347,821$82,44355