Danbury vs Stamford

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

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

Stamford has the higher population (135,806 vs 86,086 in Danbury). Stamford has the higher median household income ($107,474 vs $83,422 in Danbury). Stamford has the higher median home value ($614,300 vs $381,600 in Danbury).

Population, income & housing

	Danbury	Stamford
Population	86,086	135,806
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,422	$107,474
Median home value	$381,600	$614,300
Median gross rent	$1,804	$2,207
Housing units	34,798	57,958
Homeownership rate	54.9%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danbury	Stamford
Population	84,619 → 86,086 (+1.7%)	129,309 → 135,806 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$73,297 → $83,422 (+13.8%)	$93,059 → $107,474 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $381,600 (+27.4%)	$532,700 → $614,300 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,804 (+23.1%)	$1,812 → $2,207 (+21.8%)

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

Stamford

Population

129,309135,806

Median household income

$93,059$107,474

Median home value

$532,700$614,300

Median gross rent

$1,812$2,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danbury	Stamford
Under 5	4.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.2%
75 and over	6.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danbury	Stamford
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	42.5%
Black or African American	11.2%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danbury	Stamford
No high school diploma	16.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danbury	Stamford
Drove alone	68.2%	59.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	7.6%
Public transit	2.4%	9.6%
Walked	1.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.0%	16.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danbury	Stamford
1-unit, detached	42.4%	34.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	8.0%
20 or more units	14.9%	34.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Danbury	Stamford
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1975	1972