Riverside vs Sandy Hook

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

Riverside 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 9,216 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $144,335 in Sandy Hook). Riverside has the higher median home value ($1,824,700 vs $460,600 in Sandy Hook).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
Population	9,216	9,718
Median age	39.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$144,335
Median home value	$1,824,700	$460,600
Median gross rent	$2,419	$1,875
Housing units	3,141	3,778
Homeownership rate	80.9%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.2%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
Population	8,604 → 9,216 (+7.1%)	9,181 → 9,718 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$215,791 → $250,001 (+15.9%)	$121,089 → $144,335 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$1,383,800 → $1,824,700 (+31.9%)	$363,700 → $460,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,168 → $2,419 (+11.6%)	$1,820 → $1,875 (+3.0%)

Riverside

Population

8,6049,216

Median household income

$215,791$250,001

Median home value

$1,383,800$1,824,700

Median gross rent

$2,168$2,419

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)

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
Under 5	5.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	24.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.1%
75 and over	5.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	81.8%
Black or African American	3.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	6.0%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	41.6%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	41.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.0%
Public transit	16.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.6%	18.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	81.9%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.1%
Average household size	3.06	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1963	1977