Chualar vs Sand City

A side-by-side comparison of Chualar and Sand City: population, income, housing, and more.

Chualar and Sand City are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chualar has the higher population (1,042 vs 262 in Sand City). Sand City has the higher median household income ($78,250 vs $66,250 in Chualar). Sand City has the higher median home value ($986,100 vs $623,700 in Chualar).

Population, income & housing

	Chualar	Sand City
Population	1,042	262
Median age	35.2 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$78,250
Median home value	$623,700	$986,100
Median gross rent	$1,215	$1,964
Housing units	300	194
Homeownership rate	44.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chualar	Sand City
Population	1,512 → 1,042 (-31.1%)	310 → 262 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $66,250 (+43.6%)	$63,333 → $78,250 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$339,400 → $623,700 (+83.8%)	$513,900 → $986,100 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $1,215 (+6.9%)	$1,692 → $1,964 (+16.1%)

Chualar

Population

1,5121,042

Median household income

$46,146$66,250

Median home value

$339,400$623,700

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,215

Sand City

Population

310262

Median household income

$63,333$78,250

Median home value

$513,900$986,100

Median gross rent

$1,692$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chualar	Sand City
Under 5	7.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	20.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.6%
75 and over	4.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chualar	Sand City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	45.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	15.6%
Hispanic or Latino	98.3%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chualar	Sand City
No high school diploma	58.6%	15.8%
High school graduate	20.5%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chualar	Sand City
Drove alone	84.1%	72.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.1%
Other means	7.8%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chualar	Sand City
1-unit, detached	77.7%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	8.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	33.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chualar	Sand City
Poverty rate	17.5%	17.0%
Average household size	3.98	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1980	2002