Photo: Schzmo · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Sandy Hook commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
1,195 jobs are based in Sandy Hook for 3,918 working residents. Only 3% work in Sandy Hook itself; outside it, Newtown draws the most (15%, 3 miles). 23% of workers have no commute at all (Connecticut 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sandy Hook in brief
Sandy Hook has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Sandy Hook went from 741 in 2013 to 1,195 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
Sandy Hook workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Sandy Hook are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Sandy Hook’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The kinds of work in Sandy Hook
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandy Hook, 2013 → 2023: 741 → 1,195. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandy Hook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Sandy Hook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandy Hook workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,934 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Sandy Hook
On a workday 3,781 residents head out to work, 137 work right here, and 1,058 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Sandy Hook on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Sandy Hook’s working residents head each day
Where Sandy Hook clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Half of Sandy Hook commutes less than 15 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Sandy Hook
The biggest share goes to Southbury (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sandy Hook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Hook | – | — | — | 35 min | $160,814 |
| Monroe | under 3% | A | B+ | 34 min | $157,250 |
| Southbury | 2% | A | C | 30 min | $112,887 |
| East Village | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Oxford | under 3% | A+ | C− | 30 min | $128,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. East Village: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sandy Hook’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sandy Hook: questions
What is the median household income in Sandy Hook?
$160,814 (±$24,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandy Hook?
5.6%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandy Hook?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandy Hook work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newtown (15%, 3 mi), Danbury (12%, 12 mi), Stamford (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sandy Hook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandy Hook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandy Hook
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.