Cold Bay vs Sand Point

A side-by-side comparison of Cold Bay and Sand Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Cold Bay and Sand Point are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sand Point has the higher population (1,146 vs 153 in Cold Bay). Cold Bay has the higher median household income ($112,273 vs $73,125 in Sand Point). Since 2019, Cold Bay's population has grown faster (+173.2% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
Population	153	1,146
Median age	35.9 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,273	$73,125
Median home value	—	$196,400
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,149
Housing units	116	426
Homeownership rate	5.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
Population	56 → 153 (+173.2%)	1,309 → 1,146 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$100,313 → $112,273 (+11.9%)	$67,500 → $73,125 (+8.3%)
Median home value	—	$127,200 → $196,400 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,141 (+26.8%)	$988 → $1,149 (+16.3%)

Cold Bay

Population

56153

Median household income

$100,313$112,273

Median gross rent

$900$1,141

Sand Point

Population

1,3091,146

Median household income

$67,500$73,125

Median home value

$127,200$196,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
Under 5	6.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	2.6%	8.5%
18 to 24	25.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	21.6%
55 to 64	23.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	3.9%	9.5%
75 and over	0.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
White (non-Hispanic)	26.1%	13.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.5%	35.8%
Asian	30.1%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	2.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	22.2%	13.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
No high school diploma	2.0%	18.6%
High school graduate	14.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
Drove alone	36.6%	36.7%
Carpooled	16.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	36.6%	50.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.4%
Other means	5.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
1-unit, detached	65.5%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Cold Bay	Sand Point
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.8%
Average household size	1.73	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	4	6
Median year structure built	1971	1977