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Housing in Sandy Hook

A typical Sandy Hook home is worth roughly $132,000

Typical home value
$132K
KY $233K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$910
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Sandy Hook?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Sandy Hook

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You could afford about
$254,000
Typical Sandy Hook home $132K

That covers a typical Sandy Hook home, with $122K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$780
Loan $650Tax $80Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $130 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Kentucky typical property tax (0.75% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $910

Renters already here pay a median of $342, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$650
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$910
3 bedrooms$1,140
4 bedrooms$1,270
58%
of households rent · KY 32%
101
renter households
$342
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Elliott County, KY): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

42% of Sandy Hook households own their home

Half of Sandy Hook’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters
Own 42%Rent 58%

Kentucky: 68% own.

1984
typical home built · KY 1982
9%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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