Danbury is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 74,848 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Danbury is the seventh largest community in Connecticut.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Danbury is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Danbury is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Danbury who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.94%), sales jobs (11.46%), and management occupations (9.27%).

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 thing noticeable about Danbury, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Danbury is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Danbury a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Danbury is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Danbury Information and Demographics

The education level of Danbury citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 27.11% of adults in Danbury have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Danbury in 2000 was $24,500, 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 $98,000 for a family of four.

Danbury is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Danbury home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Danbury is White, followed by 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 15.90% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Danbury include Italian, Irish, German, Brazilian, Portuguese, English, and Polish.

In addition, Danbury has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.04%).

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