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Danbury, CT

88,683 Population
42 square miles 2,110 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,215 ±$3,544 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $72,853 ±$2,408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,243 ±$6,615 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $116,402 ±$5,624
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.3% ±5% (9,763  ±4,310) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9% † 85,888 (±1.1% / ±10,569)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.9 minutes ±1.4 (1,195,555  ±71,361) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 31 12,011,920 (±0.4 / ±204,711)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

34,989 ±2,373 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 359,988 ±2,782
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (85,925  ±225) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.7 954,728 (±0 / ±1,049)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.9% ±1.9% (622  ±402) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 5.7% † 12,611 (±1% / ±2,265)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

37,066 ±2,610 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 380,889 ±368
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$440,200 ±$18,235 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $615,800 ±$13,908
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.9% ±2.6% (6,944  ±2,259.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 10% 95,774 (±0.9% / ±8,421.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.2% ±6.2% (56,052  ±4,841.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 91% 616,773 (±1.9% / ±13,242.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.9% ±3.7% (18,787  ±2,563.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 51% 345,370 (±1.4% / ±9,643.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

27.7% ±4.3% (24,605  ±3,822) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 23.4% 227,422
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.1% ±1.1% (2,322  ±804) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3% † 22,513 (±0.3% / ±2,273)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,322 Total veterans ±804 2,114 Male ±823 208 Female ±188

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