Geographic-scope notice: Darien is not a separately-incorporated place in the U.S. Census Bureau's Place geography – it is either a neighborhood within a larger municipality (in Western Connecticut Planning Region) or a town-class subdivision in a state where the Census reports demographics at the town rather than place level. To avoid presenting county-level aggregates as city-level data, this page does not show synthetic Census or health figures for Darien. For the surrounding county aggregates, see the Connecticut state directory.
City safety & data profile
DarienCT
Darien, CT is a 21K-resident city in Western Connecticut Planning Region.
Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Darien, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Darien has a population larger than 46% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
Data updated 2026-07-20
- 21K
- Population
- Top 54%
- By size
The read on Darien
Darien is one of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
The quick read
Reading Darien, CT beyond the headline numbers
Darien sits inside Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, at roughly 41.08°N, -73.47°W. Population 20,732.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Darien from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Comparison bars benchmark each metric against the national reference.
Safety Context
Darien, CT is located in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. With a population of 21K, Safety alerts for the Darien area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - Connecticut
Real-time AQI for every monitored Connecticut location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
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Using Darien'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 Darien area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Darien 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.
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, CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.