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Sandy, OR

12,854 Population
3.6 square miles 3,541.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$42,676 ±$4,900 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $51,936 ±$417
  • a little less than the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
$108,984 ±$18,920 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $97,436 ±$858
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573

7.8% ±3.3% (1,006  ±424) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.5% 236,906 (±0.3% / ±6,725)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)

26.1 minutes ±3.5 (141,910  ±24,602) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25 24,751,240 (±0.2 / ±245,505)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)

Families

4,499 ±215 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,010,265 ±2,687
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
2.9 ±0.1 (12,832  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.5 2,476,150 (±0 / ±390)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548

12.4% ±10.3% (421  ±352) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.4% 27,443 (±0.3% / ±1,545)
  • more than double the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,800 (±0.2% / ±1,976)

Housing

4,599 ±228 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,062,495 ±523
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637

$470,300 ±$11,496 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $559,400 ±$2,566
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400

15.2% ±6.3% (1,900  ±787.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 14% 348,592 (±0.3% / ±7,394)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)

Social

94.1% ±9.8% (8,022  ±915.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,680,405 (±0.6% / ±9,922.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
29.7% ±5.1% (2,527  ±448.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 42.6% 770,714 (±0.4% / ±6,332.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)

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

3.5% ±1.9% (450  ±241) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.7% 320,290
  • about one-third of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367

7.1% ±3.5% (710  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6.2% 124,650 (±0.1% / ±2,242)
  • about the same as the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
710 Total veterans ±347 577 Male ±215 133 Female ±174

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