Mount Hope vs Sandy Hook

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

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

Sandy Hook has the higher population (261 vs 239 in Mount Hope). Sandy Hook has the higher median household income ($80,720 vs $61,875 in Mount Hope). Sandy Hook has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $95,000 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
Population	239	261
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$80,720
Median home value	$95,000	$184,700
Median gross rent	$807	$941
Housing units	107	117
Homeownership rate	75.8%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
Population	210 → 239 (+13.8%)	244 → 261 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $61,875 (+26.9%)	$61,458 → $80,720 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $95,000 (+11.8%)	$190,600 → $184,700 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $807 (+66.0%)	$844 → $941 (+11.5%)

Mount Hope

Population

210239

Median household income

$48,750$61,875

Median home value

$85,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$486$807

Sandy Hook

Population

244261

Median household income

$61,458$80,720

Median home value

$190,600$184,700

Median gross rent

$844$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
Under 5	2.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	6.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	39.5%
35 to 44	23.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	4.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.3%
75 and over	4.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.4%	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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	8.8%	30.8%
High school graduate	49.1%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	94.3%	73.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	26.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	88.8%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	29.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Hope	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	15.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1957	1973