Moss Landing vs Sand City

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

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

Sand City has the higher population (262 vs 34 in Moss Landing). Since 2019, Sand City's population has grown faster (-15.5% vs -37.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Moss Landing	Sand City
Population	34	262
Median age	71.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,250
Median home value	—	$986,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,964
Housing units	15	194
Homeownership rate	100.0%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moss Landing	Sand City
Population	54 → 34 (-37.0%)	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%)

Moss Landing

Population

5434

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)

	Moss Landing	Sand City
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	26.5%	20.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	12.6%
75 and over	38.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moss Landing	Sand City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	15.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moss Landing	Sand City
No high school diploma	11.8%	15.8%
High school graduate	64.7%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moss Landing	Sand City
Drove alone	100.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moss Landing	Sand City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	33.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moss Landing	Sand City
Poverty rate	11.8%	17.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	—	2002