What is the population of Danbury city?

Danbury city has 86,086 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #7 of 215 in Connecticut.

What is the median household income in Danbury city?

Median household income in Danbury city is $83,422 a year, 6.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Danbury city?

Median gross rent is $1,804 a month and the median home value is $381,600, so rent absorbs about 25.9% of median household income.

Is Danbury city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Danbury city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Danbury, CT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Danbury, Connecticut (Danbury, CT — Census place “Danbury city”) is 86,086 residents, ranking #7 of 215 places in Connecticut. Median household income is $83,422, the median home is worth $381,600 and median gross rent runs $1,804 a month. Looking for the Danbury Connecticut ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Danbury, CT: 06810, 06811.

Population: 86,086Danbury city residents
Median household income: $83,422Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $381,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,804Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.9%Owner-occupied households

Danbury ZIP codes (Connecticut)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Danbury.

The Danbury CT ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Danbury city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Danbury city median would spend about 25.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 54.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Danbury city, CT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Danbury city is a small city in Connecticut, with 86,086 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #7 of 215 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 40.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Danbury city earn a median of $83,422 a year, 6.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $96,484 median for the 159 Connecticut cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Danbury city is valued at $381,600, 25.8% above the national figure and 11% above the $344,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,804 a month, 28.3% above the national figure, or roughly $21,648 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 54.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Danbury city?: Danbury city has 86,086 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #7 of 215 in Connecticut.
What is the median household income in Danbury city?: Median household income in Danbury city is $83,422 a year, 6.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Danbury city?: Median gross rent is $1,804 a month and the median home value is $381,600, so rent absorbs about 25.9% of median household income.
Is Danbury city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Danbury city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Danbury city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.