Best PlacesDanville, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Danville, 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 ranks 1,833rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Danville
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Danville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$604 a month, better than 96% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 95% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of cities
- Short commute21.3 minutes each way, better than 81% of cities
Where Danville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of cities
- Household income$54,126 median, better than only 3% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Danville
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Danville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,126, 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's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 5 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
Danville runs older than the country, 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.
Who works in Danville, and how
Work in Danville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Danville
Danville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Danville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Danville, month by month
Danville 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
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 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Danville
Schools across Danville average a B−, better than 56% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Stony Mill ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Kentuck ElementaryA · 71% proficient
- Twin Springs ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dan River MiddleA+ · 73% proficient
- Tunstall MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Chatham MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Galileo Magnet HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Tunstall HighA+ · 82% proficient
- Chatham HighA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Danville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Danville 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 against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Danville suits
Common questions about living in Danville
Is Danville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Danville ranks 1,833rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on health outcomes 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 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,463. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $54,126 median income, cost of living beats 12% of cities.
Is Danville safe?
Danville is safer than 7% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $573 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Danville?
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 33% of cities.
Is Danville good for families?
Schools beat 56% of cities, crime safety beats 7%, and childcare runs $604 a month.
Compare Danville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Danville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Danville 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Danville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Danville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Danville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Danville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Danville 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.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.