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Danbury, CT

86,125 Population
42 square miles 2,049.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 41.5 ±0.3

Economics

$43,793 ±$4,560 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $69,163 ±$1,905
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $53,119 ±$764
$79,358 ±$9,371 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $111,058 ±$2,837
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $91,665 ±$1,473

15.1% ±3.8% (12,704  ±3,191) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9.1% † 85,051 (±0.9% / ±8,474)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 10.3% 362,024 (±0.5% / ±17,748)

30.1 minutes ±1.9 (1,220,050  ±91,099) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 30.7 12,451,470 (±0.4 / ±209,282)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 41,563,900 (±0.1 / ±302,595)

Families

32,993 ±2,202 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 356,931 ±3,204
  • Connecticut: 1,442,969 ±7,955
2.5 ±0.2 (83,811  ±236) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.6 934,221 (±0 / ±334)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.4 † 3,513,794 (±,385 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±1.4% (844  ±282) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 5% 10,846 (±0.4% / ±917)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 4.3% 35,383 (±0.2% / ±1,431)

Housing

35,004 ±2,426 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 378,922 ±209
  • Connecticut: 1,546,010 ±175

$419,900 ±$22,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $574,800 ±$14,141
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $367,800 ±$2,990

7.7% ±2.3% (6,515  ±1,918.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 10.9% 102,515 (±1.1% / ±10,085.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 10.9% 388,431 (±0.6% / ±19,583.6)

Social

81.3% ±5.5% (48,994  ±4,160.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 90% 595,673 (±1.9% / ±12,404.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,348,908 (±1% / ±25,254.5)
32.7% ±4.2% (19,706  ±2,726.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 51.9% 343,422 (±1.3% / ±8,608.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 42.9% 1,098,315 (±0.6% / ±16,294.5)

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

43.2% ±5.3% (37,188  ±4,535) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 24.8% † 235,801 (±14,467.8% / ±11,248)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 16.3% † 590,608 (±2,507.8% / ±19,751)

3.2% ±1.1% (2,173  ±761) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3.1% † 23,294 (±0.4% / ±2,795)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 4.6% 131,270 (±0.2% / ±6,422)
2,173 Total veterans ±761 2,031 Male ±746 142 Female ±163

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