Best PlacesDanville City, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Danville City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Danville City ranks 2,670th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Danville City
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Danville City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Danville City ranks high
- TransitBetter than 90% of counties
- BikingBetter than 85% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of counties
Where Danville City ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of counties
- Household income$47,689 median, better than only 6% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 9% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Danville City
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Danville City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,689, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Danville City's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Danville City
Danville City's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Danville City.
Who works in Danville City, and how
Work in Danville City centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Danville City
Danville City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of counties and more parkland per resident than 91% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Danville City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Danville City growing, and who is moving in?
Danville City has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Pittsylvania County, VA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Danville City go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Danville City, month by month
Danville City sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 59° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Danville City
The nearest airport, Piedmont Triad International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Danville City
Schools across Danville City average a C+, better than 44% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Twin Springs ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Brosville ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Forest Hills ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tunstall MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- O. Trent Bonner MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Westwood MiddleC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Galileo Magnet HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Tunstall HighA+ · 82% proficient
- George Washington HighB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Danville City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Danville City measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Danville City against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Danville City suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Danville City
Is Danville City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Danville City ranks 2,670th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Danville City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,910. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $47,689 median income, cost of living beats 9% of counties.
Is Danville City safe?
Danville City is safer than 5% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $672 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Danville City?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 27. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 27% of counties.
Is Danville City good for families?
Schools beat 44% of counties, crime safety beats 5%, and childcare runs $610 a month.
Compare Danville City with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Danville City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Danville City represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Danville City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Danville City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Danville City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Danville City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Danville City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Danville City detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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