What is the population of Sandy city?

Sandy city has 12,738 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Sandy city?

Median household income in Sandy city is $102,201 a year, 30.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sandy city?

Median gross rent is $1,640 a month and the median home value is $450,200, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.

Is Sandy city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sandy city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sandy, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sandy, Oregon (Sandy, OR — Census place “Sandy city”) is 12,738 residents, ranking #50 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $102,201, the median home is worth $450,200 and median gross rent runs $1,640 a month. Looking for the Sandy Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sandy, OR: 97055.

Population: 12,738Sandy city residents
Median household income: $102,201Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $450,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,640Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79.9%Owner-occupied households

Sandy ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sandy.

The Sandy OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97055

What the numbers mean in Sandy city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sandy city median would spend about 19.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.8% of residents and 79.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sandy city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sandy city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 12,738 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #50 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 38.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Sandy city earn a median of $102,201 a year, 30.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 38% above the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sandy city is valued at $450,200, 48.4% above the national figure and 19% above the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,640 a month, 16.6% above the national figure, or roughly $19,680 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 79.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sandy city?: Sandy city has 12,738 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Sandy city?: Median household income in Sandy city is $102,201 a year, 30.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sandy city?: Median gross rent is $1,640 a month and the median home value is $450,200, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.
Is Sandy city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sandy city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sandy city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.