Sandy Hook is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 628 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sandy Hook is the 307th largest community in Kentucky.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.29% 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.
Overall, Sandy Hook’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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.
Sandy Hook is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Sandy Hook with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.41% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sandy Hook in 2022 was $18,085, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,340 for a family of four. Sandy Hook also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 45.13% 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Hook include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Sandy Hook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.