Sands Point vs Thomaston

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

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

Thomaston has the higher population (2,734 vs 2,725 in Sands Point). Sands Point has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $152,206 in Thomaston). Sands Point has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,044,900 in Thomaston).

Population, income & housing

	Sands Point	Thomaston
Population	2,725	2,734
Median age	46.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$152,206
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,044,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,408
Housing units	933	1,051
Homeownership rate	95.5%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.1%	71.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sands Point	Thomaston
Population	2,862 → 2,725 (-4.8%)	2,629 → 2,734 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$128,889 → $152,206 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$837,800 → $1,044,900 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$2,239 → $2,408 (+7.5%)

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

Thomaston

Population

2,6292,734

Median household income

$128,889$152,206

Median home value

$837,800$1,044,900

Median gross rent

$2,239$2,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sands Point	Thomaston
Under 5	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	25.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	2.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.9%
75 and over	8.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sands Point	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	47.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	8.9%	47.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sands Point	Thomaston
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	3.0%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	46.9%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sands Point	Thomaston
Drove alone	38.3%	50.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.6%
Public transit	27.3%	22.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sands Point	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	99.6%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sands Point	Thomaston
Poverty rate	3.4%	7.3%
Average household size	3.21	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	45	41
Median year structure built	1961	1952