Work & commute · Danville

Work & commute in Danville, VA

47% of Danville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Chatham (2%), Lynchburg (2%) and Martinsville (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

7,238 of 15,308 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,070 Danville residents head out of town to work, 7,238 work right here, and 15,754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danville.

8,070live here, work elsewhere

7,238live and work here

15,754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danville goes to work

Danville (in town)right here

47%7,238

Chatham15.9 mi away

2%378

Lynchburg57.7 mi away

2%362

Martinsville26.2 mi away

2%257

Roanoke56.9 mi away

2%243

Greensboro, NC40.8 mi away

1%196

Richmond125.1 mi away

1%143

Riverdale29.2 mi away

1%132

Eden, NC19.2 mi away

1%125

South Boston28.9 mi away

1%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%6,112

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Danville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

55%

10%

27%

55%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danville is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Danville are

22,992 jobs are based in Danville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Danville

22,992 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Danville residents hold

15,308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−9%

Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 25,340 → 22,992. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.