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Sandy Springs, GA
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Sandy Springs profile


Living in Sandy Springs



Sandy Springs is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 107,763 people and 35 associated neighborhoods, Sandy Springs is the seventh largest community in Georgia.

Sandy Springs home prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, but Sandy Springs real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Sandy Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Sandy Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 24.78% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Sandy Springs, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Sandy Springs is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Sandy Springs a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Sandy Springs is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Sandy Springs, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Sandy Springs. 68.17% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Sandy Springs in 2022 was $75,615, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $302,460 for a family of four. However, Sandy Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sandy Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sandy Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sandy Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

In addition, Sandy Springs has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.95%).

The most common language spoken in Sandy Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.