† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupDanvilleVirginiaUnited States
African American†48.4%15.6%9.9%
African2.3%0.9%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
American12.9%8.4%5.3%
English9.3%12.0%9.5%
Irish4.6%9.1%9.4%
German3.3%10.1%12.5%
Italian1.8%3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.4%1.9%1.3%
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
Mexican2.3%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.4%1.8%
Salvadoran0.7%2.1%0.7%
Cuban0.6%—0.7%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Argentinean0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
Filipino0.4%0.9%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.7%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Danville
Virginia
United States
Median age
40.4
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.1%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Danville
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$44,423
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.6%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Danville
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Danville
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Danville, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+0.2%
2008
+19.1%
2012
+22.0%
2016
+19.8%
2020
+22.1%
2024
+21.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.9%Harris10,615
38.9%Trump6,895
1.1%
D+21.0
R+1.1
D+22.5
17,707
D
60.4%Biden11,710
38.3%Trump7,428
1.3%
D+22.1
D+2.3
D+17.6
19,389
D
58.4%Clinton11,058
38.6%Trump7,302
3.1%
D+19.8
R+2.2
D+17.7
18,938
D
60.5%Obama12,212
38.4%Romney7,765
1.1%
D+22.0
D+2.9
D+18.2
20,200
D
59.0%Obama12,354
40.0%McCain8,364
1.0%
D+19.1
D+18.9
D+11.8
20,927
D
49.4%Kerry9,436
49.2%Bush9,399
1.4%
D+0.2
—
D+2.7
19,112
Danville, straddling the North Carolina border, has shifted from a majority-white manufacturing city to a majority-Black city as textile and tobacco industries collapsed, a demographic change that has reshuffled local electoral coalitions since the 1990s.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.0 points.
A population of 42,214, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,423 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wilson and Meridian.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Danville, Virginia voted Democratic by 21.0 points (D+21.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 17,707 votes cast, 10,615 went Democratic and 6,895 went Republican.
How many people live in Danville, Virginia?
Danville, Virginia has a population of 42,214 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Danville, Virginia?
Median household income in Danville, Virginia is $44,423 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Danville, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Danville, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
