What is the median rent in Sandy Hook, CT?

Name: Median rent in Sandy Hook, CT, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Sandy Hook, CT is $1,866 (±$439) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 250 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,866 (±$439)
Rented homes: 250 (±102)
$2,000 or more: 42.8%

How much rent costs in Sandy Hook

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Sandy Hook	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±15.6 points)	6.2%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	27.2% (±26.0 points)	6.1%	12.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	3.2% (±6.0 points)	12.6%	30.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	26.8% (±19.4 points)	20.6%	25.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	18.4% (±19.2 points)	20.4%	12.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	12.8% (±18.6 points)	14.0%	5.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	11.6% (±12.2 points)	20.1%	6.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 27.2% of renting households.

42.8% of rented homes in Sandy Hook cost $2,000 or more a month.

Sandy Hook against Western Connecticut Planning Region, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Sandy Hook	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Median gross rent	$1,866 (±$439)	$2,110 (±$34)	$1,488 (±$10)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	250 (±102)	76,228 (±1,754)	462,698 (±4,638)	42,849,984

In Sandy Hook, median gross rent is not measurably different from Western Connecticut Planning Region ($2,110).

It is not measurably different from Connecticut ($1,488).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Western Connecticut Planning Region, Sandy Hook ranks 21 of 24 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 37 of 115.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Sandy Hook

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Sandy Hook
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Sandy Hook	—	$1,866 (±$439)	—
Southbury	4.7 mi	$1,935 (±$277)	Not measurably different
Monroe	4.9 mi	$994 (±$860)	Not measurably different
Heritage Village	5.3 mi	$2,060 (±$480)	Not measurably different
Oxford	5.5 mi	$1,415 (±$87)	Lower
Stepney	6.0 mi	$2,750 (±$1,256)	Not measurably different
Bethel	8.1 mi	$1,640 (±$142)	Not measurably different
Seymour	8.4 mi	$1,608 (±$86)	Not measurably different
Brookfield	8.9 mi	$1,892 (±$183)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Oxford, CT ($1,415).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Western Connecticut Planning Region, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
15	Saugatuck	$2,213 (±$219)
16	Greenwich (community)	$2,082 (±$349)
17	Noroton Heights	$2,018 (±$494)
18	Ridgefield (community)	$1,904 (±$274)
19	Route 7 Gateway	$1,896 (±$308)
20	Ball Pond	$1,884 (±$1,033)
21	Sandy Hook	$1,866 (±$439)
22	Bethel (community)	$1,656 (±$137)
23	New Milford (community)	$1,483 (±$136)
24	Wilton Center	$1,362 (±$281)

Showing 10 of 24 places in Western Connecticut Planning Region, ranked from highest to lowest.

Sandy Hook is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Newtown, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Sandy Hook

What is the average rent in Sandy Hook, CT?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Sandy Hook is $1,866 (±$439) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Sandy Hook cost more than $2,000 a month?

42.8% of rented homes in Sandy Hook have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Sandy Hook higher than in Western Connecticut Planning Region?

In Sandy Hook, median gross rent is not measurably different from Western Connecticut Planning Region ($2,110).

It is not measurably different from Connecticut ($1,488).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Sandy Hook CDP, Connecticut (place:66700, in state:09).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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