Danbury vs Greenwich

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

Danbury and Greenwich 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 14,528 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($136,154 vs $83,422 in Danbury). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,486,100 vs $381,600 in Danbury).

Population, income & housing

	Danbury	Greenwich
Population	86,086	14,528
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,422	$136,154
Median home value	$381,600	$1,486,100
Median gross rent	$1,804	$2,121
Housing units	34,798	6,684
Homeownership rate	54.9%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	70.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danbury	Greenwich
Population	84,619 → 86,086 (+1.7%)	13,287 → 14,528 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$73,297 → $83,422 (+13.8%)	$109,500 → $136,154 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $381,600 (+27.4%)	$1,128,800 → $1,486,100 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,804 (+23.1%)	$1,803 → $2,121 (+17.6%)

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

Greenwich

Population

13,28714,528

Median household income

$109,500$136,154

Median home value

$1,128,800$1,486,100

Median gross rent

$1,803$2,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danbury	Greenwich
Under 5	4.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.2%
75 and over	6.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danbury	Greenwich
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	62.7%
Black or African American	11.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	3.7%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danbury	Greenwich
No high school diploma	16.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danbury	Greenwich
Drove alone	68.2%	48.6%
Carpooled	13.7%	6.1%
Public transit	2.4%	15.3%
Walked	1.5%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	20.5%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danbury	Greenwich
1-unit, detached	42.4%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	11.9%
20 or more units	14.9%	20.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Danbury	Greenwich
Poverty rate	11.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1975	1955