Fort Hunter Liggett vs Sand City

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

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

Fort Hunter Liggett has the higher population (1,038 vs 262 in Sand City). Since 2019, Fort Hunter Liggett's population has grown faster (+217.4% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
Population	1,038	262
Median age	24.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,250
Median home value	—	$986,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,964
Housing units	0	194
Homeownership rate	—	24.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
Population	327 → 1,038 (+217.4%)	310 → 262 (-15.5%)
Median household income	—	$63,333 → $78,250 (+23.6%)
Median home value	—	$513,900 → $986,100 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,692 → $1,964 (+16.1%)

Fort Hunter Liggett

Population

3271,038

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)

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	1.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	58.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	32.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.6%
75 and over	0.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	45.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	15.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	20.7%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
Drove alone	13.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.3%
Public transit	14.6%	1.9%
Walked	30.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	37.1%	10.1%
Other means	1.3%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
1-unit, detached	—	34.0%
1-unit, attached	—	4.1%
2 to 4 units	—	19.6%
5 to 19 units	—	8.8%
20 or more units	—	33.5%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hunter Liggett	Sand City
Poverty rate	—	17.0%
Average household size	—	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	—	2002