Greenwich vs Sandy Hook

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

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

Greenwich has the higher population (14,528 vs 9,718 in Sandy Hook). Sandy Hook has the higher median household income ($144,335 vs $136,154 in Greenwich). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,486,100 vs $460,600 in Sandy Hook).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
Population	14,528	9,718
Median age	44.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$136,154	$144,335
Median home value	$1,486,100	$460,600
Median gross rent	$2,121	$1,875
Housing units	6,684	3,778
Homeownership rate	52.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
Population	13,287 → 14,528 (+9.3%)	9,181 → 9,718 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$109,500 → $136,154 (+24.3%)	$121,089 → $144,335 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$1,128,800 → $1,486,100 (+31.7%)	$363,700 → $460,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,803 → $2,121 (+17.6%)	$1,820 → $1,875 (+3.0%)

Greenwich

Population

13,28714,528

Median household income

$109,500$136,154

Median home value

$1,128,800$1,486,100

Median gross rent

$1,803$2,121

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)

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
Under 5	5.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	81.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	10.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	37.7%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	48.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.0%
Public transit	15.3%	0.2%
Walked	8.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	18.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	34.6%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	20.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Greenwich	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1955	1977