Gladstone vs Sandy

A side-by-side comparison of Gladstone and Sandy: population, income, housing, and more.

Gladstone and Sandy are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sandy has the higher population (12,738 vs 11,986 in Gladstone). Sandy has the higher median household income ($102,201 vs $90,395 in Gladstone). Gladstone has the higher median home value ($463,600 vs $450,200 in Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Sandy
Population	11,986	12,738
Median age	45.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,395	$102,201
Median home value	$463,600	$450,200
Median gross rent	$1,716	$1,640
Housing units	5,212	4,824
Homeownership rate	63.8%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Sandy
Population	12,170 → 11,986 (-1.5%)	11,070 → 12,738 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$64,045 → $90,395 (+41.1%)	$73,443 → $102,201 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$302,200 → $463,600 (+53.4%)	$281,300 → $450,200 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,334 → $1,716 (+28.6%)	$1,228 → $1,640 (+33.6%)

Gladstone

Population

12,17011,986

Median household income

$64,045$90,395

Median home value

$302,200$463,600

Median gross rent

$1,334$1,716

Sandy

Population

11,07012,738

Median household income

$73,443$102,201

Median home value

$281,300$450,200

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Sandy
Under 5	2.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	84.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.4%
Asian	1.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Sandy
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Sandy
Drove alone	66.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.6%
Public transit	2.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	13.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Sandy
1-unit, detached	63.8%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Sandy
Poverty rate	13.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1975	2003