Danbury is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 86,967 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Danbury is the seventh largest community in Connecticut.Danbury is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Danbury is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Danbury who work in sales jobs (10.91%), office and administrative support (10.47%), and maintenance occupations (8.61%). Also of interest is that Danbury has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Danbury telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.24% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The population of Danbury is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.04% of adults in Danbury have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Danbury in 2022 was $42,497, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,988 for a family of four. However, Danbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Danbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Danbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Danbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Danbury also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.73% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Danbury include Italian, Irish, German, Brazilian, and English. In addition, Danbury has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.68%). The most common language spoken in Danbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
