Oak Grove vs Sandy

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

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (17,408 vs 12,738 in Sandy). Sandy has the higher median household income ($102,201 vs $81,611 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($485,200 vs $450,200 in Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Sandy
Population	17,408	12,738
Median age	44.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,611	$102,201
Median home value	$485,200	$450,200
Median gross rent	$1,694	$1,640
Housing units	7,614	4,824
Homeownership rate	64.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Sandy
Population	17,872 → 17,408 (-2.6%)	11,070 → 12,738 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$66,655 → $81,611 (+22.4%)	$73,443 → $102,201 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$324,000 → $485,200 (+49.8%)	$281,300 → $450,200 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,694 (+26.2%)	$1,228 → $1,640 (+33.6%)

Oak Grove

Population

17,87217,408

Median household income

$66,655$81,611

Median home value

$324,000$485,200

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,694

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)

	Oak Grove	Sandy
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.4%
75 and over	11.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.4%
Asian	1.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Sandy
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Sandy
Drove alone	62.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	2.6%
Public transit	4.9%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	13.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Sandy
1-unit, detached	62.0%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	5.7%
20 or more units	13.9%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Sandy
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1970	2003