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About Danbury

City in Connecticut, United States
1702Established
86,518Population
44.2 sq miArea
397 ftElevation

Danbury ( DAN-berr-ee) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest city in Connecticut. The city is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. Located within the heart of the Housatonic Valley region, the city is a historic commercial hub of western Connecticut, home to many commuters and summer residents from the New York metropolitan area and New England. Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City", because it was once the center of the American hat industry, during the nineteenth and early …

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ZIP code06810, 06811, 06813
Area code203, 475
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Housing in Danbury

$493K▲ 4.4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Danbury home is worth about $493,000, up 4.4% in a year, 9% above the Connecticut typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market42
Sale-to-list101.4%
Sold in May62
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Safety in Danbury

B−

Safety Grade B-

Danbury reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Danbury 1.4
Connecticut 1.1
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Danbury 10.5
Connecticut 11.6
U.S. 15.5
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C−

School Grade C-

The public schools Danbury’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 85% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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