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Sandy Springs, GA
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Sandy Springs profile


Living in Sandy Springs



Sandy Springs is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 107,763 people and 35 constituent neighborhoods, Sandy Springs is the seventh largest community in Georgia.

Sandy Springs home prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, but Sandy Springs real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Sandy Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.23% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Another interesting thing about Sandy Springs, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Sandy Springs use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Sandy Springs‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Sandy Springs, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Sandy Springs is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.86% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Sandy Springs in 2018 was $68,652, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $274,608 for a family of four. However, Sandy Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sandy Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sandy Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sandy Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Sandy Springs's cultural character, accounting for 17.69% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Sandy Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.