Sandy Springs is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 107,763 people and 35 associated 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.Sandy Springs is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.65% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sandy Springs is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandy Springs who work in management occupations (18.07%), business and financial occupations (12.10%), and office and administrative support (11.48%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 24.78% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. For the size of the city, public transportation in Sandy Springs is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Sandy Springs, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.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 68.17% 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 $75,615, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $302,460 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 10.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. Sandy Springs also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.95%. The most common language spoken in Sandy Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
