Sandy Hook is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 631 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sandy Hook is the 307th largest community in Kentucky.
Also of interest is that Sandy Hook has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.59% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Sandy Hook’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sandy Hook has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sandy Hook a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Sandy Hook does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Sandy Hook have a very low rate of college education: just 8.14% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Sandy Hook in 2022 was $16,329, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,316 for a family of four. Sandy Hook also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 53.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Sandy Hook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy Hook residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Hook include English, Irish, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Sandy Hook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.