Elkhorn vs Sand City

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

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

Elkhorn has the higher population (1,201 vs 262 in Sand City). Elkhorn has the higher median household income ($124,464 vs $78,250 in Sand City). Sand City has the higher median home value ($986,100 vs $774,600 in Elkhorn).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhorn	Sand City
Population	1,201	262
Median age	38.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$124,464	$78,250
Median home value	$774,600	$986,100
Median gross rent	$2,479	$1,964
Housing units	364	194
Homeownership rate	78.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhorn	Sand City
Population	1,153 → 1,201 (+4.2%)	310 → 262 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$97,105 → $124,464 (+28.2%)	$63,333 → $78,250 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$487,100 → $774,600 (+59.0%)	$513,900 → $986,100 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,917 → $2,479 (+29.3%)	$1,692 → $1,964 (+16.1%)

Elkhorn

Population

1,1531,201

Median household income

$97,105$124,464

Median home value

$487,100$774,600

Median gross rent

$1,917$2,479

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)

	Elkhorn	Sand City
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	20.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.6%
75 and over	3.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhorn	Sand City
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	45.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	15.6%
Hispanic or Latino	54.7%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhorn	Sand City
No high school diploma	13.3%	15.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhorn	Sand City
Drove alone	70.9%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	22.1%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhorn	Sand City
1-unit, detached	88.5%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	33.5%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhorn	Sand City
Poverty rate	1.7%	17.0%
Average household size	3.30	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1973	2002