What is the median rent in Darien Downtown, CT?

Name: Median rent in Darien Downtown, CT, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Darien Downtown, CT is $2,728 (±$1,238) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 195 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,728 (±$1,238)
Rented homes: 195 (±84)
$2,000 or more: 57.9%

How much rent costs in Darien Downtown

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Darien Downtown	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Less than $500	4.6% (±7.7 points)	6.2%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	8.2% (±11.0 points)	6.1%	12.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	16.9% (±16.0 points)	12.6%	30.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	12.3% (±16.0 points)	20.6%	25.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±19.4 points)	20.4%	12.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	17.4% (±18.5 points)	14.0%	5.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	40.5% (±23.8 points)	20.1%	6.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 40.5% of renting households.

57.9% of rented homes in Darien Downtown cost $2,000 or more a month.

Darien Downtown against Western Connecticut Planning Region, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Darien Downtown	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Median gross rent	$2,728 (±$1,238)	$2,110 (±$34)	$1,488 (±$10)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	195 (±84)	76,228 (±1,754)	462,698 (±4,638)	42,849,984

In Darien Downtown, median gross rent is not measurably different from Western Connecticut Planning Region ($2,110).

It is also higher than in Connecticut ($1,488).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Western Connecticut Planning Region, Darien Downtown ranks 12 of 24 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 15 of 115.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Darien Downtown

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Darien Downtown
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Darien Downtown	—	$2,728 (±$1,238)	—
Noroton Heights	1.4 mi	$2,018 (±$494)	Not measurably different
Noroton	1.7 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Norwalk	2.8 mi	$2,073 (±$87)	Not measurably different
Stamford	4.0 mi	$2,276 (±$58)	Not measurably different
New Canaan (community)	4.6 mi	$3,425 (±$462)	Not measurably different
Saugatuck	5.8 mi	$2,213 (±$219)	Not measurably different
New Canaan	6.0 mi	$3,401 (±$360)	Not measurably different
Old Greenwich	6.4 mi	$3,500 or more	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Western Connecticut Planning Region, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
6	Glenville	$3,466 (±$580)
7	New Canaan (community)	$3,425 (±$462)
8	Georgetown	$3,359 (±$1,733)
9	South Wilton	$3,313 (±$3,085)
10	Westport Village	$3,301 (±$257)
11	Cos Cob	$3,067 (±$701)
12	Darien Downtown	$2,728 (±$1,238)
13	Byram	$2,413 (±$267)
14	Staples	$2,328 (±$387)
15	Saugatuck	$2,213 (±$219)
16	Greenwich (community)	$2,082 (±$349)
17	Noroton Heights	$2,018 (±$494)
18	Ridgefield (community)	$1,904 (±$274)

Showing 13 of 24 places in Western Connecticut Planning Region, ranked from highest to lowest.

Darien Downtown is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Darien, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Darien Downtown

What is the average rent in Darien Downtown, CT?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Darien Downtown is $2,728 (±$1,238) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Darien Downtown cost more than $2,000 a month?

57.9% of rented homes in Darien Downtown have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 4.6% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Darien Downtown higher than in Western Connecticut Planning Region?

In Darien Downtown, median gross rent is not measurably different from Western Connecticut Planning Region ($2,110).

It is also higher than in Connecticut ($1,488).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Darien Downtown CDP, Connecticut (place:18936, in state:09).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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