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Danbury, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
Danbury is a Census city of 87,263 people across 42.03 square miles of land, in Western Connecticut Planning Region. Median household income is $83,393, 53.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 122 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $47.7 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Danbury
What Danbury is
- Census place typecity
- Land area42.03 sq mi
- Water area2.24 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,076
- County holding the largest share of its areaWestern Connecticut Planning Region, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Danbury
How many people live in Danbury
- Population87,263
- Median age40.6
- Population under 1817,094
- Share under 1819.6 percent
- Population 65 and over14,971
- Share 65 and over17.2 percent
- Households33,071
- Family households20,824
- Share of households that are families63.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Danbury
Income and work in Danbury
- Median household income$83,393
- Per capita income$45,585
- Civilian labor force50,542
- Employed47,247
- Unemployed3,295
- Unemployment rate6.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over61,182
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Danbury
Housing in Danbury
- Housing units34,948
- Occupied units33,071
- Vacant units1,877 plus or minus 394
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied17,776
- Renter occupied15,295
- Ownership rate53.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$411,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,846
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.6 percent
- Single family units18,725
- Share single family53.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more15,699
- Share in buildings of two or more44.9 percent
- Mobile homes503 plus or minus 198
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Danbury
How Danbury gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute39,927
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,915
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more16,307
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.8 percent
- Drove alone66.2 percent
- Carpooled15.4 percent
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home12.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Danbury
SBA loans in Danbury (7(a))
- Approvals122
- Gross approval$47,730,800
- Average approval$391,236
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$891,960
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,038
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Paid in full20
- Charged off3
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.1 percent
- Share to franchises10.7 percent
- Distinct lenders30
- Distinct industries by NAICS79
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Danbury, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 23 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Danbury
SBA loans in Danbury (504)
- Approvals45
- Gross approval$44,889,000
- Average approval$997,533
- Median approval$400,000
- Largest approval$4,902,000
- Jobs supported492
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Danbury, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 12 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Western Connecticut Planning Region, not Danbury
Western Connecticut Planning Region context, not Danbury figures
- Establishments in Western Connecticut Planning Region19,955
- Covered employment, Western Connecticut Planning Region287,189
- Average annual pay, Western Connecticut Planning Region$129,052
- Housing units permitted, Western Connecticut Planning Region1,094
Every figure in this section is published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and is not a measurement of Danbury.
All Western Connecticut Planning Region figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Danbury questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Danbury, Connecticut?
87,263, in 33,071 households. Danbury city covers 42.03 square miles of land, which is 2,076 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Danbury in?
Western Connecticut Planning Region, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Danbury?
$83,393. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $411,200. Median gross rent is $1,846 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Danbury businesses?
122 7(a) approvals totaling $47.7 m since FY2020, across 30 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 45 504 approvals worth $44.9 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Danbury, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Danbury borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Danbury. Only 23 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Danbury figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Danbury.
Is zoning published for Danbury?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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