Sandy Hook vs Stamford

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

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

Stamford has the higher population (135,806 vs 9,718 in Sandy Hook). Sandy Hook has the higher median household income ($144,335 vs $107,474 in Stamford). Stamford has the higher median home value ($614,300 vs $460,600 in Sandy Hook).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
Population	9,718	135,806
Median age	44.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$144,335	$107,474
Median home value	$460,600	$614,300
Median gross rent	$1,875	$2,207
Housing units	3,778	57,958
Homeownership rate	92.9%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
Population	9,181 → 9,718 (+5.8%)	129,309 → 135,806 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$121,089 → $144,335 (+19.2%)	$93,059 → $107,474 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$363,700 → $460,600 (+26.6%)	$532,700 → $614,300 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,820 → $1,875 (+3.0%)	$1,812 → $2,207 (+21.8%)

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

Stamford

Population

129,309135,806

Median household income

$93,059$107,474

Median home value

$532,700$614,300

Median gross rent

$1,812$2,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
Under 5	2.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.2%
75 and over	5.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	42.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
No high school diploma	2.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	18.8%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
Drove alone	73.7%	59.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.2%	9.6%
Walked	0.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.9%	16.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
1-unit, detached	89.3%	34.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	34.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Sandy Hook	Stamford
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1977	1972