Sandy is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 12,990 people and three associated neighborhoods, Sandy is the 44th largest community in Oregon. Much of the housing stock in Sandy was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Sandy economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Sandy, where the median household income is $108,984.00.Sandy is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sandy is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandy who work in office and administrative support (13.33%), teaching (7.69%), and business and financial occupations (6.45%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.74% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In terms of college education, Sandy is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.66% of adults in Sandy have a college degree. The per capita income in Sandy in 2022 was $42,676, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,704 for a family of four. Sandy is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sandy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sandy include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Sandy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
