Sandy, OR real estate and demographic information

About Sandy

Sandy is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 9,677 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Sandy is the 51st largest community in Oregon.

Unlike some cities, Sandy isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sandy are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sandy is a city of sales and office workers, service providers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandy who work in office and administrative support (14.94%), management occupations (10.53%) and sales jobs (9.43%).

Because of many things, Sandy is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Sandy really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sandy perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Sandy, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.30 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Sandy Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Sandy is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.81% of adults 25 and older in Sandy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sandy in 2010 was $22,553, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,212 for a family of four. However, Sandy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sandy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Sandy include German, Irish, English, Swedish, Scottish and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Sandy is English.