Danbury vs Sandy Hook

A side-by-side comparison of Danbury and Sandy Hook: population, income, housing, and more.

Danbury and Sandy Hook are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Danbury has the higher population (86,086 vs 9,718 in Sandy Hook). Sandy Hook has the higher median household income ($144,335 vs $83,422 in Danbury). Sandy Hook has the higher median home value ($460,600 vs $381,600 in Danbury).

Population, income & housing

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
Population	86,086	9,718
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,422	$144,335
Median home value	$381,600	$460,600
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,875
Housing units	34,798	3,778
Homeownership rate	54.9%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
Population	84,619 → 86,086 (+1.7%)	9,181 → 9,718 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$73,297 → $83,422 (+13.8%)	$121,089 → $144,335 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $381,600 (+27.4%)	$363,700 → $460,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,804 (+23.1%)	$1,820 → $1,875 (+3.0%)

Danbury

Population

84,61986,086

Median household income

$73,297$83,422

Median home value

$299,600$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,804

Sandy Hook

Population

9,1819,718

Median household income

$121,089$144,335

Median home value

$363,700$460,600

Median gross rent

$1,820$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
Under 5	4.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	81.8%
Black or African American	11.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	16.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	68.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	5.0%
Public transit	2.4%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	18.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	42.4%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	2.5%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Danbury	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	11.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1975	1977