Danbury, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 74,848 (Urban population: 72,068, Rural population: 2,780 (all nonfarm))

Danbury, Connecticut Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 28,519 (27,183 occupied: 15,839 owner occupied, 11,344 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	42%
State:	33%

Housing density: 677 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $351,700 (lower quartile is $264,400, upper quartile is $482,700)

Median contract rent in 2005: $960 (lower quartile is $632, upper quartile is $1,228)

Housing units in Danbury with a mortgage: 8,802 (877 second mortgage, 1,247 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,977

Median year house/condo built: 1971

Median year apartment built: 1959

Household type by relationship

Households: 71,710

In family households: 59,786 (13,477 male householders, 4,669 female householders)
14,572 spouses, 19,842 children (18,619 natural, 469 adopted, 754 stepchildren), 945 grandchildren, 1,102 brothers or sisters, 743 parents, 2,110 other relatives, 2,326 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 11,924 (4,496 male householders (3,202 living alone)), 4,556 female householders (3,919 living alone)), 2,872 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,138 (2,040 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,725 2-persons, 4,325 3-persons, 3,805 4-persons, 1,914 5-persons, 872 6-persons, 505 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,121 1-person, 1,530 2-persons, 203 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons.

11,461 married couples with children.
2,995 single-parent households (592 men, 2,403 women).

65.3% of residents of Danbury speak English at home.
14.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
16.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 20,241 (27.0%)
(30.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.0

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Danbury, Connecticut:

1 room: 8
2 rooms: 92
3 rooms: 620
4 rooms: 1,896
5 rooms: 2,916
6 rooms: 3,513
7 rooms: 2,914
8 rooms: 2,112
9 or more rooms: 1,768

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Danbury, Connecticut:

1 room: 724
2 rooms: 1,293
3 rooms: 2,668
4 rooms: 3,021
5 rooms: 2,186
6 rooms: 904
7 rooms: 346
8 rooms: 105
9 or more rooms: 97

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 685
1995 to 1998: 808
1990 to 1994: 1,023
1980 to 1989: 4,569
1970 to 1979: 4,855
1960 to 1969: 4,583
1950 to 1959: 3,947
1940 to 1949: 2,144
1939 or earlier: 5,905

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Danbury:

no bedroom: 25
1 bedroom: 877
2 bedrooms: 4,423
3 bedrooms: 6,911
4 bedrooms: 3,075
5 or more bedrooms: 528

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Danbury:

no bedroom: 908
1 bedroom: 4,034
2 bedrooms: 4,241
3 bedrooms: 1,769
4 bedrooms: 289
5 or more bedrooms: 103

Cars and other vehicles available in Danbury in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 451
1 vehicle: 4,081
2 vehicles: 7,669
3 vehicles: 2,720
4 vehicles: 721
5 or more vehicles: 197

Cars and other vehicles available in Danbury in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 1,661
1 vehicle: 5,161
2 vehicles: 3,588
3 vehicles: 663
4 vehicles: 144
5 or more vehicles: 127

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Danbury, CT:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 5
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 11
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 16
$40,000 to $49,999: 11
$50,000 to $59,999: 15
$60,000 to $69,999: 47
$70,000 to $79,999: 71
$80,000 to $89,999: 170
$90,000 to $99,999: 259
$100,000 to $124,999: 780
$125,000 to $149,999: 1567
$150,000 to $174,999: 2096
$175,000 to $199,999: 1833
$200,000 to $249,999: 2382
$250,000 to $299,999: 1243
$300,000 to $399,999: 855
$400,000 to $499,999: 227
$500,000 to $749,999: 125
$750,000 to $999,999: 46
$1,000,000 or more: 20

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Danbury:

Less than $100: 165
$100 to $149: 278
$150 to $199: 173
$200 to $249: 241
$250 to $299: 395
$300 to $349: 203
$350 to $399: 280
$400 to $449: 376
$450 to $499: 354
$500 to $549: 661
$550 to $599: 487
$600 to $649: 936
$650 to $699: 801
$700 to $749: 991
$750 to $799: 733
$800 to $899: 1557
$900 to $999: 895
$1,000 to $1,249: 992
$1,250 to $1,499: 243
$1,500 to $1,999: 233
$2,000 or more: 77
No cash rent: 268

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 7,637
1990 to 1994: 3,336
1985 to 1989: 3,120
1980 to 1984: 1,886
1975 to 1979: 1,237
1970 to 1974: 809
1970 to 1974: 791
1965 to 1969: 1,425

Danbury, CT Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 81.4%
Number of people working at home: 1,120 (2.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 920
5 to 9 minutes: 4271
10 to 14 minutes: 7958
15 to 19 minutes: 6610
20 to 24 minutes: 4056
25 to 29 minutes: 1400
30 to 34 minutes: 3537
35 to 39 minutes: 699
40 to 44 minutes: 1164
45 to 59 minutes: 3653
60 to 89 minutes: 2986
90 or more minutes: 1074

Danbury mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 29,938 (76%)
Carpooled: 5,694 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,037 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 34 (0%)
Railroad: 350 (1%)
Taxi: 66 (0%)
Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
Bicycle: 35 (0%)
Walked: 751 (2%)
Other means: 392 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,120 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1692
$10,000 to $14,999: 1335
$15,000 to $19,999: 1088
$20,000 to $24,999: 1241
$25,000 to $29,999: 1568
$30,000 to $34,999: 1382
$35,000 to $39,999: 1506
$40,000 to $44,999: 1534
$45,000 to $49,999: 1308
$50,000 to $59,999: 2403
$60,000 to $74,999: 3433
$75,000 to $99,999: 3892
$100,000 to $124,999: 2002
$125,000 to $149,999: 1093
$150,000 to $199,999: 1025
$200,000 or more: 696

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 17697
Italian: 9906
Irish: 7485
German: 4809
Brazilian: 4083
Portuguese: 3771
English: 3003
United States or American: 2613
Polish: 1976
Arab:: 1043
French (except Basque): 942
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 887
Lebanese: 776
French Canadian: 755
Russian: 572
Hungarian: 559
Swedish: 555
Scottish: 547
Scotch-Irish: 531
Jamaican: 470
Dutch: 379
Slovak: 369
Subsaharan African:: 336
Norwegian: 335
Haitian: 276
Greek: 257
British: 224
African: 216
Ukrainian: 199
Czechoslovakian: 178
Lithuanian: 165
Canadian: 165
Danish: 162
Welsh: 157
European: 153
Eastern European: 150
Czech: 148
Austrian: 144
Arab/Arabic: 115
Romanian: 97
Finnish: 94
Syrian: 76
Swiss: 74
Israeli: 54
Albanian: 52
Cape Verdean: 52
Belizean: 51
Turkish: 50
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 40
Scandinavian: 40
Slavic: 38
Barbadian: 38
British West Indian: 36
Nigerian: 34
Bulgarian: 33
Other Arab: 32
Guyanese: 32
Croatian: 26
Yugoslavian: 24
Celtic: 22
Maltese: 21
Slovene: 20
Other Subsaharan African: 19
Jordanian: 19
Northern European: 18
Belgian: 18
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 16
Sierra Leonean: 15
Afghan: 12
Iranian: 12
Palestinian: 12
Icelander: 11
Australian: 11
Moroccan: 7
Armenian: 6
Iraqi: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Brazil (21%)
Ecuador (14%)
Portugal (9%)
Dominican Republic (9%)
Mexico (6%)
India (5%)
Colombia (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 29767
Northeast: 17610
Midwest: 1865
South: 3006
West: 1140

55% of Danbury residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 19% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 545
Nursery to 4th grade: 316
5th and 6th grade: 906
7th and 8th grade: 944
9th grade: 602
10th grade: 700
11th grade: 576
12th grade, no diploma: 1,258
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,595
Less than 1 year of college: 1,308
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,532
Associate degree: 1,194
Bachelor's degree: 4,525
Master's degree: 1,913
Professional school degree: 472
Doctorate degree: 229

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 446
Nursery to 4th grade: 374
5th and 6th grade: 671
7th and 8th grade: 980
9th grade: 825
10th grade: 682
11th grade: 723
12th grade, no diploma: 1,241
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,093
Less than 1 year of college: 1,575
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,851
Associate degree: 1,402
Bachelor's degree: 4,412
Master's degree: 1,806
Professional school degree: 393
Doctorate degree: 134

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 26.8%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.7%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.6%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.9%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $56,741
Black householders: $42,037
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $7,917
Asian householders: $71,534
Some other race householders: $35,850
Two or more races householders: $35,000
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $36,047

Danbury household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Danbury household income for Black or African American householders

Danbury household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Danbury household income for Asian householders

Danbury household income for some other race householders

Danbury household income for two or more races householders

Danbury household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Danbury marital status for males

Danbury marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $188,800
Black or African American householders: $171,400
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $178,800
Asian householders: $168,000
Some other race householders: $148,500
Two or more races householders: $176,000
Hispanic or Latino householders: $184,600

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 12,653
One, attached: 2,137
Two: 3,457
3 or 4: 3,414
5 to 9: 2,254
10 to 19: 1,456
20 to 49: 1,160
50 or more: 1,546
Mobile homes: 422
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,900

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Danbury:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
Electricity (23%)
Utility gas (21%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (43%)
Utility gas (32%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 937

Here:	13.6%
Connecticut:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 345

Here:	8.8%
Connecticut:	11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 635

Here:	16.8%
Connecticut:	33.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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