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West Sand Lake, NY

3,479 Population
4.8 square miles 729.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$50,818 ±$8,436 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $49,088 ±$657
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$121,250 ±$30,400 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $88,074 ±$1,336
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

4% ±3.6% (138  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.2% 97,960 (±0.4% / ±3,567)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

21.1 minutes ±8.7 (34,250  ±9,061) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.5 8,872,660 (±0.3 / ±141,585)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,230 ±238 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 383,063 ±1,692
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.8 ±0.8 (3,468  ±649) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.3 869,224 (±0 / ±449)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,230 ±238 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 422,120 ±259
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$315,800 ±$76,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $285,900 ±$2,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

5.5% ±5.8% (191  ±206.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.9% 106,790 (±0.4% / ±3,804.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

91.1% ±6.4% (2,105  ±417.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.3% 592,439 (±0.9% / ±5,556.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
38.6% ±6.7% (892  ±225.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 42.1% 266,947 (±0.6% / ±3,802.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±1.3% (36  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8.5% 76,838
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

9.7% ±5.1% (242  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 5.7% 41,643 (±0.2% / ±1,477)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
242 Total veterans ±134 227 Male ±129 15 Female ±25

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