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Danbury, CT
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Living in Danbury



Danbury is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 86,967 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Danbury is the seventh largest community in Connecticut.

Also of interest is that Danbury has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.24% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Danbury are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.04% of adults in Danbury have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Danbury in 2022 was $42,497, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,988 for a family of four. However, Danbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Danbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Danbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Danbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Danbury also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.73% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Danbury include Italian, Irish, German, Brazilian, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Danbury's cultural character, accounting for 32.68% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Danbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.