Lido Beach vs Sands Point

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

Lido Beach 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 2,634 in Lido Beach). Sands Point has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $195,045 in Lido Beach). Sands Point has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $847,900 in Lido Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
Population	2,634	2,725
Median age	50.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$195,045	$250,001
Median home value	$847,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,827	$3,501
Housing units	1,281	933
Homeownership rate	72.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.8%	88.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
Population	3,024 → 2,634 (-12.9%)	2,862 → 2,725 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$161,908 → $195,045 (+20.5%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$652,500 → $847,900 (+29.9%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,173 → $2,827 (-10.9%)	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)

Lido Beach

Population

3,0242,634

Median household income

$161,908$195,045

Median home value

$652,500$847,900

Median gross rent

$3,173$2,827

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)

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
Under 5	7.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	25.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	2.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.9%	11.8%
75 and over	10.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	9.8%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	41.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	46.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
Drove alone	45.7%	38.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.3%
Public transit	19.2%	27.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	28.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
1-unit, detached	72.0%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lido Beach	Sands Point
Poverty rate	10.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.23	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	43	45
Median year structure built	1959	1961