Ridgefield vs Sandy Hook

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

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

Sandy Hook has the higher population (9,718 vs 7,103 in Ridgefield). Sandy Hook has the higher median household income ($144,335 vs $143,286 in Ridgefield). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($843,200 vs $460,600 in Sandy Hook).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
Population	7,103	9,718
Median age	45.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$143,286	$144,335
Median home value	$843,200	$460,600
Median gross rent	$1,834	$1,875
Housing units	3,135	3,778
Homeownership rate	73.6%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.1%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
Population	8,244 → 7,103 (-13.8%)	9,181 → 9,718 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$133,647 → $143,286 (+7.2%)	$121,089 → $144,335 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$663,600 → $843,200 (+27.1%)	$363,700 → $460,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,665 → $1,834 (+10.2%)	$1,820 → $1,875 (+3.0%)

Ridgefield

Population

8,2447,103

Median household income

$133,647$143,286

Median home value

$663,600$843,200

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,834

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)

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
Under 5	4.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.1%
75 and over	12.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	81.8%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	2.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	8.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	43.4%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	62.3%	73.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.0%
Public transit	5.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	18.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	65.1%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ridgefield	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1972	1977