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About Danbury
City in Connecticut, United StatesDanbury ( 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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Housing in Danbury
The typical Danbury home is worth about $493,000, up 4.4% in a year, 9% above the Connecticut typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Danbury
Safety Grade B-
Danbury reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.
Schools in Danbury
All Danbury schools →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.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CT. Ratings are from neighbors.
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