What is the population of Sandston CDP?

Sandston CDP has 7,011 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #170 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Sandston CDP?

Median household income in Sandston CDP is $57,708 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sandston CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,199 a month and the median home value is $201,800, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.

Is Sandston CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sandston CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sandston, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sandston, Virginia (Sandston, VA — Census place “Sandston CDP”) is 7,011 residents, ranking #170 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $57,708, the median home is worth $201,800 and median gross rent runs $1,199 a month. Looking for the Sandston Virginia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Sandston, VA: 23150, 23250.

Population: 7,011Sandston CDP residents
Median household income: $57,708Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $201,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,199Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.5%Owner-occupied households

Sandston ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sandston.

The Sandston VA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Sandston CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sandston CDP median would spend about 24.9% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 55.5% of households own their home.

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

Sandston CDP, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sandston CDP is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 7,011 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #170 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Sandston CDP earn a median of $57,708 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sandston CDP is valued at $201,800, 33.5% below the national figure and 31% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,199 a month, 14.7% below the national figure, or roughly $14,388 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 55.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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 Sandston CDP?: Sandston CDP has 7,011 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #170 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Sandston CDP?: Median household income in Sandston CDP is $57,708 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sandston CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,199 a month and the median home value is $201,800, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.
Is Sandston CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sandston CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sandston CDP 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.