East Norwich vs Sands Point

A side-by-side comparison of East Norwich and Sands Point: population, income, housing, and more.

East Norwich and Sands Point are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sands Point has the higher population (2,725 vs 2,703 in East Norwich). Sands Point has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $172,321 in East Norwich). Sands Point has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $796,200 in East Norwich).

Population, income & housing

	East Norwich	Sands Point
Population	2,703	2,725
Median age	42.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$172,321	$250,001
Median home value	$796,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	978	933
Homeownership rate	98.2%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	88.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Norwich	Sands Point
Population	2,959 → 2,703 (-8.7%)	2,862 → 2,725 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$157,734 → $172,321 (+9.2%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$631,800 → $796,200 (+26.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,438 → $2,600 (+6.6%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

East Norwich

Population

2,9592,703

Median household income

$157,734$172,321

Median home value

$631,800$796,200

Median gross rent

$2,438$2,600

Sands Point

Population

2,8622,725

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Norwich	Sands Point
Under 5	8.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	25.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	2.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.8%
75 and over	9.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Norwich	Sands Point
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Norwich	Sands Point
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	12.3%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	41.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	46.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Norwich	Sands Point
Drove alone	76.2%	38.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.3%
Public transit	4.5%	27.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	28.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Norwich	Sands Point
1-unit, detached	96.8%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Norwich	Sands Point
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.91	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	35	45
Median year structure built	1957	1961