Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Danbury commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Danbury has 275 jobs, and 548 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Danbury C−; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 7% work in Danbury; the top destination outside it is Concord (10%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Danbury in brief
Danbury’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Danbury is Concord, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Danbury workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 548 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Danbury
On income, poverty and job access, Danbury is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Danbury’s grade up ($71,685, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Danbury’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Danbury could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far Danbury goes to work
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Danbury’s commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danbury workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 552 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Danbury by day and by night
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Danbury on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Danbury’s working residents head each day
Where Danbury clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Danbury
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danbury, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 275. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Danbury is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danbury is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 650 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.6% of Danbury households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Danbury is 3,609th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 601 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Lyndeborough NH | 1,730 | $117K | 3.7% | 9.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,607 | Ruch OR | 1,151 | $84K | 15.8% | 0.0% | 4% | C− |
| 3,608 | Spalding Township MI | 1,563 | $63K | 9.4% | 5.3% | 8% | C− |
| 3,609 | Danbury NH | 1,317 | $72K | 12.4% | 5.7% | 7% | C− |
| 3,610 | Royalton Township OH | 1,468 | $63K | 20.7% | 4.2% | 5% | C− |
| 3,611 | Warsaw Township PA | 1,333 | $61K | 11.7% | 4.9% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Danbury, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
How Danbury compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danbury | – | C− | D | 36 min | $71,685 |
| Hill | under 3% | C | D | 35 min | $82,125 |
| Wilmot | under 3% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $117,759 |
| Grafton | under 3% | C+ | D | 43 min | $81,563 |
| Alexandria | under 3% | C+ | D | 37 min | $89,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Danbury’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Danbury: questions
What is the median household income in Danbury?
$71,685 (±$11,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danbury?
12.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danbury?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danbury work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (10%, 26 mi), New London (7%, 10 mi), Manchester (6%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danbury walkable?
Danbury is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danbury
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.