Norwalk vs Sandy Hook

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

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

Norwalk has the higher population (91,375 vs 9,718 in Sandy Hook). Sandy Hook has the higher median household income ($144,335 vs $105,301 in Norwalk). Norwalk has the higher median home value ($535,000 vs $460,600 in Sandy Hook).

Population, income & housing

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
Population	91,375	9,718
Median age	40.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,301	$144,335
Median home value	$535,000	$460,600
Median gross rent	$2,010	$1,875
Housing units	38,038	3,778
Homeownership rate	55.1%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
Population	88,599 → 91,375 (+3.1%)	9,181 → 9,718 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$85,769 → $105,301 (+22.8%)	$121,089 → $144,335 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$435,800 → $535,000 (+22.8%)	$363,700 → $460,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,685 → $2,010 (+19.3%)	$1,820 → $1,875 (+3.0%)

Norwalk

Population

88,59991,375

Median household income

$85,769$105,301

Median home value

$435,800$535,000

Median gross rent

$1,685$2,010

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)

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
Under 5	5.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.1%
75 and over	7.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	81.8%
Black or African American	17.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	11.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.7%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	67.1%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.0%
Public transit	7.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	18.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	44.9%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	17.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Norwalk	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	10.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1967	1977