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Sandy, OR

12,738 Population
3.6 square miles 3,509.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Oregon: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$43,081 ±$6,049 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $50,158 ±$389
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $44,063 ±$304
$102,201 ±$17,313 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $94,573 ±$856
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $80,426 ±$573

7.8% ±3.8% (987  ±481) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 9.6% 236,581 (±0.2% / ±5,594)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 494,736 (±0.2% / ±9,639)

29.8 minutes ±3.3 (161,170  ±25,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 25.4 25,767,950 (±0.1 / ±218,962)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oregon: 23.2 38,743,040 (±0.1 / ±274,387)

Families

4,643 ±234 Number of households
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,000,418 ±2,091
  • Oregon: 1,701,548 ±3,556
2.7 ±0.1 (12,711  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 2.5 2,466,861 (±0 / ±348)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,141,889

11.2% ±11% (388  ±382) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 4.5% 27,681 (±0.3% / ±1,666)
  • more than double the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,255 (±0.2% / ±2,165)

Housing

4,824 ±254 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 1,050,449 ±294
  • Oregon: 1,838,631 ±399

$450,200 ±$10,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: $526,500 ±$3,299
  • about the same as the amount in Oregon: $454,200 ±$1,608

16.4% ±7% (2,044  ±876.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 14.3% 355,872 (±0.3% / ±7,164.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,128 (±0.2% / ±10,003.6)

Social

95.6% ±10.6% (8,439  ±1,007.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 92.8% 1,664,553 (±0.6% / ±10,234.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 91.7% 2,770,789 (±0.4% / ±13,166.6)
24.8% ±4.4% (2,185  ±403.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 42.1% 754,464 (±0.4% / ±6,402.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 36.2% 1,094,312 (±0.3% / ±8,357.8)

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

4.8% ±2.4% (606  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 12.5% 314,406
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 9.7% 410,791

8.7% ±4.3% (866  ±427) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area: 6.4% 128,070 (±0.1% / ±2,472)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 7.5% 252,530 (±0.1% / ±3,559)
866 Total veterans ±427 647 Male ±260 219 Female ±211

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