Bethel vs Danbury

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel and Danbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethel and Danbury are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Danbury has the higher population (86,086 vs 11,606 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($88,344 vs $83,422 in Danbury). Danbury has the higher median home value ($381,600 vs $377,500 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Danbury
Population	11,606	86,086
Median age	40.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,344	$83,422
Median home value	$377,500	$381,600
Median gross rent	$1,471	$1,804
Housing units	4,972	34,798
Homeownership rate	69.2%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Danbury
Population	10,012 → 11,606 (+15.9%)	84,619 → 86,086 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$73,393 → $88,344 (+20.4%)	$73,297 → $83,422 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$295,600 → $377,500 (+27.7%)	$299,600 → $381,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,471 (+16.8%)	$1,466 → $1,804 (+23.1%)

Bethel

Population

10,01211,606

Median household income

$73,393$88,344

Median home value

$295,600$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,471

Danbury

Population

84,61986,086

Median household income

$73,297$83,422

Median home value

$299,600$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Danbury
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Danbury
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	43.8%
Black or African American	10.0%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.8%	2.4%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Danbury
No high school diploma	11.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Danbury
Drove alone	75.6%	68.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	13.7%
Public transit	1.8%	2.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	12.0%
Other means	3.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Danbury
1-unit, detached	48.8%	42.4%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	10.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Danbury
Poverty rate	5.9%	11.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1975	1975