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Sandy Hook, CT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sandy Hook, CT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 11,557. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SANDY-HOOK-CT · Sandy Hook, CT 1 ZIPs · 11,557 pop · #655/25278 · Fairfield County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $159,828
  • RANK-TOP #655/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Trumbull
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 93% owners
  • POP-TOWN 11,557
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $499,200

Nearest income peer: Trumbull, CT (+ $3,245 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Sandy Hook

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sandy Hook on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Sandy Hook, CT sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 3%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
11,557
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$159,828
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $159,828 and home value $499,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 60.6%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (93.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Connecticut, Bridgewater is the closest lower-income city and Goshen the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sandy Hook.

Population concentration

Sandy Hook reads through its lone ZIP, 06482

11,557 ACS residents, one ZIP: 06482 is not the leading code inside Sandy Hook, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Sandy Hook

Citywide ZBP: 167 establishments, 1,699 employees , annual payroll $90,627k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 06482 (167 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (33) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Sandy Hook, CT

These ZIP codes sit in Fairfield County, which covers 47 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sandy Hook. See the Fairfield County roll-up →

Sandy Hook lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Fairfield County: Fairfield, Greenwich and Westport earn more and Bridgeport, Stamford and Norwalk earn less. Bridgeport marks the far end of that range at $54,494, 66% below Sandy Hook.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
06482 11,557 $159,828 167 219
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Sandy Hook roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Sandy Hook, .