Bagtown vs Sandy Hook

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

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

Bagtown has the higher population (226 vs 196 in Sandy Hook). Since 2019, Sandy Hook's population has grown faster (-16.2% vs -41.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
Population	226	196
Median age	59.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,688	—
Median home value	$280,600	—
Housing units	85	118
Homeownership rate	91.8%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
Population	386 → 226 (-41.5%)	234 → 196 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$104,451 → $89,688 (-14.1%)	$39,926 → $50,795 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$199,300 → $280,600 (+40.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,216 (+4.6%)	—

Bagtown

Population

386226

Median household income

$104,451$89,688

Median home value

$199,300$280,600

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,216

Sandy Hook

Population

234196

Median household income

$39,926$50,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
Under 5	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	40.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	3.6%
65 to 74	25.2%	35.2%
75 and over	15.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	13.3%	69.0%
High school graduate	62.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	88.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	29.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bagtown	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	12.4%	38.8%
Average household size	2.66	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1977	1938