Sand City vs Spreckels

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

Sand City and Spreckels 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 189 in Spreckels). Sand City has the higher median home value ($986,100 vs $829,500 in Spreckels). Since 2019, Sand City's population has grown faster (-15.5% vs -54.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Sand City	Spreckels
Population	262	189
Median age	44.9 yrs	68.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,250	—
Median home value	$986,100	$829,500
Median gross rent	$1,964	—
Housing units	194	110
Homeownership rate	24.1%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sand City	Spreckels
Population	310 → 262 (-15.5%)	414 → 189 (-54.3%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $78,250 (+23.6%)	—
Median home value	$513,900 → $986,100 (+91.9%)	$477,600 → $829,500 (+73.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,692 → $1,964 (+16.1%)	—

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

Spreckels

Population

414189

Median home value

$477,600$829,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sand City	Spreckels
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	20.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	86.2%
75 and over	3.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sand City	Spreckels
White (non-Hispanic)	45.8%	67.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sand City	Spreckels
No high school diploma	15.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.6%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Sand City	Spreckels
Poverty rate	17.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.81	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	2002	1981