Danville, IL

Danville Metro Area industry wages have increased by 17.4% percent since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in the Danville Metro Area by a total of 17.4%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Illinois and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Danville Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Illinois, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The overall industry wages in Danville, IL when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other Metro Areas in the United States. The overall wages are 28.4 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $43,351. The average pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Danville Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Danville Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 88.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Illinois, where the industry felt a loss of 21.2 percent. The losses in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry in Danville outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 16.2 in percent of jobs in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (88.4 percent decline)
2. Architectural and engineering services (70.7 percent decline)
3. Private households (67.3 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (65.5 percent decline)
5. Management and technical consulting services (64.4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 3.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Illinois, which saw a loss of 1.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

The Danville Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 400.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Danville has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 6.6 percent. The Unclassified industry in Danville outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (400.0 percent gain)
2. Other general merchandise stores (167.7 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (145.6 percent gain)
4. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (100.0 percent gain)
5. Individual and family services (69.6 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Danville Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other general merchandise stores industry has added the most employment with 364 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 25.0 percent of the growth in Danville.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (364 new jobs)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (301 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (157 new jobs)
4. Employment services (147 new jobs)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (103 new jobs)

Out of the 75 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 51 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 24 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In the Danville, IL metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 820 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Danville Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 1,073 jobs. The declines in the Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry make up 30.3 percent of the total job loss in Danville, IL.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (1,073 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (478 jobs lost)
3. Health and personal care stores (403 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (208 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (183 jobs lost)

Danville One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Given the 81 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 46 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 33 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Danville Metro Area

The Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 113 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 14.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Danville, IL.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (113 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (91 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (50 jobs lost)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (47 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (42 jobs lost)

In the Danville, IL metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 360 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Danville Metro Area

The Grain and oilseed milling industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 82 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Grain and oilseed milling industry makes up 18.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Danville.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grain and oilseed milling (82 new jobs)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (55 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (39 new jobs)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (30 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (23 new jobs)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Illinois, which experienced a gain of 1.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2 percent.

The Danville Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 49.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Danville has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Illinois, where it saw a loss of 2 percent. The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Danville outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (49.2 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (32.1 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (29.1 percent gain)
4. Building finishing contractors (29.1 percent gain)
5. Investigation and security services (27.5 percent gain)

The Danville Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 60 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Illinois, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 8.1 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Danville outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 12.1 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (60 percent decline)
2. Special food services (45.5 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (41.1 percent decline)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (28.2 percent decline)
5. Oilseed and grain farming (27.5 percent decline)

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Higher Education in the Danville, IL Metro Area

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Danville, IL Metro Area is made up of a less-educated population, with 11.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Danville MSA counted a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Illinois's proportion of 29.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 19.4 percent. As reported in 2005, 11.6 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has decreased by a total of 14.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 11.8 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In the Danville, IL Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 12.6 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Since the year 2000, the Danville metro area has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 16.8 percent to a total of 11.6 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the 2005 State of Illinois percent of 29.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Danville, IL Metro Area, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 43.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Danville metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 11.6 percent (Men) versus 11.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 43.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Danville, IL

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The Danville metro area had a population of 82,344 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 83,826. The decline shows a decrease of -1.8 percent. Danville ranks 8 of 9 MSAs when calculating total change in population for Illinois and the metro area ranks 325 of 361 metro areas when calculating the total change in MSA population across the US.

When calculating the total land area, the Danville metro area spans a total area of 899 square miles. The MSA has a medium-low density of 92 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Bakersfield (93 per sq. mile ), Eau Claire (93 per sq. mile ), Williamsport (96 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Charlottesville (90 per sq. mile ), College Station-Bryan (90 per sq. mile ), Texarkana (89 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals migrated into the Danville metro area, with 279 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Danville accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This amount of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

The Danville metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 83.9 percent White, 11 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 3.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 14.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Danville has increased the level of diversity when 14.2 percent of the people were minorities.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Danville

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Throughout the State of Illinois, Danville is positioned 9 of the 9 metro areas in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The MSA stands 351 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

Danville recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $65,900, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the State of Illinois 2005 home median value of $183,900 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In Danville, the census reported 36,828 homes in 2005. The metro area has experienced a small amount of growth in the number housing units, adding a sum of 360 housing units since the year 2001, or 1 percent.

There seems to be a large amount affordable residential real estate in Danville, Illinois. In 2005, 84.6 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Danville can be understood as having a small, but present percentage of high-priced residential real estate. For the year 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 0 percent of the areas residential property was valued over $500k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Danville, Illinois -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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Manufacturing has the largest employers in Danville MSA, with the industry averaging 59 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the State of Illinois typical size of 36 for the Manufacturing industry.

Utilities saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Danville, with a job growth of 70.2 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of -8.2 percent. The State of Illinois experienced a change in employment in the sector of -20.8 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

The Danville is the Metropolitain Area that is ranked 356 of 363 throughout the US according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has slipped behind since the year 2001, when it was ranked 352 of 363 Counties.

Retail Trade since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in the Danville Metro Area. The industry lost a total of 666 jobs, or 15.9 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 38 percent of all employment losses in the Metro Area.

In Danville, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 24.6 percent of all the jobs in the Metropolitain Area. This makes up 6,141 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries total 14.1 and 11.8 percent of industry employment.

A top paying industry in Danville is the utilities industry with wages that annually pay $45,020. From the year 2001, the annual average wages in the industry have declined by 22.5 percent or $13,047. The State of Illinois holds a similar employment climate in the utilities sector, placing near the top of industries in terms of 2004 annual average wages.

In Danville, Manufacturing, Wholesale trade and Utilities industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.92. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing sector is 1.92 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Danville may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).