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Cost of living in Danville, Illinois

Danville, Illinois has about 28,595 people. Typical rent is $846 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $45,957 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #195 in Illinois on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $846 a month.

Danville is a city in Illinois. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $45,957 a year.

People
28,595
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$846
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$45,957
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$79,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$956
Vermilion County, IL
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Danville, Illinois has about 28,595 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $79,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Vermilion County is $956 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Danville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Illinois's prices sit at 100.0 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Illinois taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Danville's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Illinois home paid 19.22¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Danville's bill.

EIA does not publish a Illinois gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Illinois shares this price.

Among 648 places we list in Illinois with a rent figure, 466 have higher typical rent than Danville.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.