Danbury vs Norwalk

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

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

Norwalk has the higher population (91,375 vs 86,086 in Danbury). Norwalk has the higher median household income ($105,301 vs $83,422 in Danbury). Norwalk has the higher median home value ($535,000 vs $381,600 in Danbury).

Population, income & housing

	Danbury	Norwalk
Population	86,086	91,375
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,422	$105,301
Median home value	$381,600	$535,000
Median gross rent	$1,804	$2,010
Housing units	34,798	38,038
Homeownership rate	54.9%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danbury	Norwalk
Population	84,619 → 86,086 (+1.7%)	88,599 → 91,375 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$73,297 → $83,422 (+13.8%)	$85,769 → $105,301 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $381,600 (+27.4%)	$435,800 → $535,000 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,804 (+23.1%)	$1,685 → $2,010 (+19.3%)

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

Norwalk

Population

88,59991,375

Median household income

$85,769$105,301

Median home value

$435,800$535,000

Median gross rent

$1,685$2,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danbury	Norwalk
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.3%
75 and over	6.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danbury	Norwalk
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	42.7%
Black or African American	11.2%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danbury	Norwalk
No high school diploma	16.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danbury	Norwalk
Drove alone	68.2%	67.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.2%
Public transit	2.4%	7.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.0%	13.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danbury	Norwalk
1-unit, detached	42.4%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	12.9%
20 or more units	14.9%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Danbury	Norwalk
Poverty rate	11.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1975	1967