Danville is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 640 people and two associated neighborhoods, Danville is the 179th largest community in West Virginia.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Danville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.77% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Danville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Danville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Danville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Danville may be for you.

In Danville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.21 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Danville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In Danville, just 6.03% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Danville in 2022 was $25,865, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,460 for a family of four. However, Danville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Danville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Danville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Danville include Irish, English, British, Polish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Danville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.