City safety & data profile
DanburyCT
Danbury, CT is a 85K-resident city in Western Connecticut Planning Region with a median household income of $83,393.
Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Danbury, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Danbury has a population larger than 90% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $411,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 85K
- Population (place)
- Top 10%
- By size
- $83,393
- Median income (place)
- $411,200
- Median home (place)
- 11.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Danbury
Danbury posts a median household income higher than 53% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Danbury area.
- Top 47%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Danbury
Composite score · Danbury, CT
60/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Danbury in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Danbury income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$83,393 Top 47% higher than 53% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: CT
Population among 35 CT places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT
147,629 residents
- New Haven
New Haven, CT
130,322 residents
- Stamford
Stamford, CT
128,874 residents
- Hartford
Hartford, CT
121,054 residents
- Waterbury
Waterbury, CT
108,802 residents
- Norwalk
Norwalk, CT
88,485 residents
- Danbury
Danbury, CT
84,657 residents
- New Britain
New Britain, CT
72,808 residents
- West Hartford
West Hartford, CT
63,268 residents
- Bristol
Bristol, CT
60,452 residents
What this shows By headcount, Bridgeport ranks #1 here -- income honors go to New Canaan.
Income ranking: CT
Median household income across 35 tracked CT places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- New Canaan
New Canaan, CT
$146,700 median
- Orange
Orange, CT
$142,325 median
- Greenwich
Greenwich, CT
$134,914 median
- North Haven
North Haven, CT
$132,689 median
- West Hartford
West Hartford, CT
$129,890 median
- Wethersfield
Wethersfield, CT
$126,806 median
- Stamford
Stamford, CT
$111,586 median
- Milford
Milford, CT
$111,201 median
- Shelton
Shelton, CT
$108,185 median
- Norwalk
Norwalk, CT
$107,616 median
What this shows New Canaan posts the highest place-level median income in CT; Bridgeport is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Danbury, CT beyond the headline numbers
Danbury sits inside Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, at roughly 41.39°N, -73.45°W. Population 84,657, $83,393 median household income. Median home value $411,200, median rent $1,846. Poverty rate 11.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Danbury, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 51.4°F annual average, 53" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 15.6% in Danbury, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
2.3% of Danbury workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
6.5% unemployment puts Danbury in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
Median rent in Danbury, CT runs $1,846/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
A median home in Danbury runs about 4.9 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Poverty in Danbury, CT stands at 11.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
34% of Danbury adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
12.7% of Danbury workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Danbury from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2022–2024
County-level trend (Western Connecticut Planning Region): Danbury's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
Danbury's median rent of $1,846/mo runs 20% above the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median household income runs 7% below average too, at $83,393.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11.7% -6% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 34% |
| Work From Home | 12.7% |
| Public Transit | 2.3% |
By the Numbers
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20246.9% above national average
Metro area: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
What alerts and safety updates affect Danbury?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Danbury right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
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Danbury: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Danbury; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Connecticut state hubs · Methodology
Common Questions 8
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Danbury, both outside Connecticut so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CT (11.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CT ($83,393 here).
Compare Danbury with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Danbury's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Danbury area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Danbury against Connecticut peers on any ranking lens. Explore Connecticut
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Western Connecticut Planning Region) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-21.