Danville, Virginia

Danville population, 2020 to 2024

Danville lost 585 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -115. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Danville is 2.5 times that size.

Danville covers 42.80 square miles of land and 0.90 of water, for 981 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Danville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Danville is in

All of Danville's residents live in Danville city, which had 41,993 residents in 2024. Danville holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Danville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Danville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24540, 24541. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Danville is

The Census internal point of Danville is at 36.583300, -79.408100. Richmond, the capital, is 127.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burlington, NC (61,365 people), 35.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 40.9 miles away.

Daylight in Danville

At 36.58° N, Danville gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Danville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Chatham, 15.8 miles away, with 1,195 people.