Danville, Virginia demographics

Danville, VA demographics: median age 40.4; 19.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Danville city, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5121344. The survey estimates a population of 42,214 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Danville is 40.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 19,066 households (±382). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	40.4 ±0.5	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,214
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	9,526 ±463	22.6% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	9,131 ±375	21.6% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	14,643 ±598	34.7% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	8,914 ±491	21.1% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,214
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	19,508 ±151	46.2% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	22,706 ±151	53.8% MOE unavailable	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,214
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	16,795 ±299	39.8% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	21,517 ±407	51.0% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	31 ±32 · low precision	0.1% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	522 ±110	1.2% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±28 · low precision	0.0% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	276 ±145 · low precision	0.7% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	3,073 ±534	7.3% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,214
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,866 MOE unavailable	94.4% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2,348 MOE unavailable	5.6% MOE unavailable	11.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 19,066
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,889 ±356	25.6% ±1.8 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	979 ±204	5.1% ±1.1 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	3,982 ±401	20.9% ±2.1 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	8,178 ±588	42.9% ±3.0 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,038 ±284	5.4% ±1.5 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 19,066
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	4,143 ±366	21.7% ±1.9 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	14,923 ±490	78.3% ±2.0 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 19,066
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	8,178 ±588	42.9% ±3.0 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	6,312 ±562	33.1% ±2.9 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,211 ±345	11.6% ±1.8 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,266 ±235	6.6% ±1.2 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	542 ±167	2.8% ±0.9 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	411 ±180	2.2% ±0.9 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	146 ±79 · low precision	0.8% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 42,214
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	40,729 ±203	96.5% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,485 ±203	3.5% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 39,715
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	37,777 ±301	95.1% ±0.8 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	1,381 ±270	3.5% ±0.7 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	17 ±27 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	3 ±5 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	42 ±51 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	138 ±81 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	20 ±30 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±28 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	119 ±39	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	89 ±131 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	72 ±76 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	10 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	47 ±54 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 29,046
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,753 ±479	12.9% ±1.6 pp	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	11,627 ±673	40.0% ±2.3 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,314 ±493	18.3% ±1.7 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,648 ±332	9.1% ±1.1 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	3,280 ±398	11.3% ±1.4 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,424 ±398	8.3% ±1.4 pp	18.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 41,833
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	36,289 ±941	86.7% ±2.2 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,402 ±583	5.7% ±1.4 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,846 ±606	4.4% ±1.4 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,232 ±341	2.9% ±0.8 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	64 ±57 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.0% of Danville residents (±1.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 78.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Danville	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.0% ±1.2 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	78.7% ±2.4 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	8.9% ±1.1 pp	9.4%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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