Pondsville vs Sandy Hook

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

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

Sandy Hook has the higher population (196 vs 169 in Pondsville). Since 2019, Pondsville's population has grown faster (+238.0% vs -16.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Pondsville	Sandy Hook
Population	169	196
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Housing units	76	118
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	20.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pondsville	Sandy Hook
Population	50 → 169 (+238.0%)	234 → 196 (-16.2%)
Median household income	—	$39,926 → $50,795 (+27.2%)

Pondsville

Population

50169

Sandy Hook

Population

234196

Median household income

$39,926$50,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pondsville	Sandy Hook
Under 5	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	8.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	40.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	27.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	3.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	35.2%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pondsville	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pondsville	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	13.9%	69.0%
High school graduate	61.7%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	11.3%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pondsville	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)

	Pondsville	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pondsville	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	0.0%	38.8%
Average household size	3.93	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1967	1938