San Lucas vs Sand City

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

San Lucas 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 181 in San Lucas). Sand City has the higher median household income ($78,250 vs $54,375 in San Lucas). Sand City has the higher median home value ($986,100 vs $179,200 in San Lucas).

Population, income & housing

	San Lucas	Sand City
Population	181	262
Median age	37.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$78,250
Median home value	$179,200	$986,100
Median gross rent	$1,643	$1,964
Housing units	53	194
Homeownership rate	52.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Lucas	Sand City
Population	543 → 181 (-66.7%)	310 → 262 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $54,375 (-5.4%)	$63,333 → $78,250 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$212,100 → $179,200 (-15.5%)	$513,900 → $986,100 (+91.9%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,643 (+69.9%)	$1,692 → $1,964 (+16.1%)

San Lucas

Population

543181

Median household income

$57,500$54,375

Median home value

$212,100$179,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,643

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)

	San Lucas	Sand City
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.5%
25 to 34	5.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	22.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	20.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	3.9%	12.6%
75 and over	12.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Lucas	Sand City
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	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	92.8%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Lucas	Sand City
No high school diploma	50.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Lucas	Sand City
Drove alone	84.6%	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	15.4%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Lucas	Sand City
1-unit, detached	79.2%	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	20.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	San Lucas	Sand City
Poverty rate	42.5%	17.0%
Average household size	4.31	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1980	2002