Oatfield vs Sandy

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

Oatfield 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 12,709 in Oatfield). Oatfield has the higher median household income ($103,483 vs $102,201 in Sandy). Oatfield has the higher median home value ($523,900 vs $450,200 in Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Oatfield	Sandy
Population	12,709	12,738
Median age	49.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,483	$102,201
Median home value	$523,900	$450,200
Median gross rent	$1,974	$1,640
Housing units	5,061	4,824
Homeownership rate	86.7%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oatfield	Sandy
Population	14,060 → 12,709 (-9.6%)	11,070 → 12,738 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$85,995 → $103,483 (+20.3%)	$73,443 → $102,201 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$366,400 → $523,900 (+43.0%)	$281,300 → $450,200 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,974 (+52.0%)	$1,228 → $1,640 (+33.6%)

Oatfield

Population

14,06012,709

Median household income

$85,995$103,483

Median home value

$366,400$523,900

Median gross rent

$1,299$1,974

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)

	Oatfield	Sandy
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.4%
75 and over	12.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oatfield	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.4%
Asian	3.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oatfield	Sandy
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	22.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oatfield	Sandy
Drove alone	73.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.6%
Public transit	1.4%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	13.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oatfield	Sandy
1-unit, detached	87.2%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Oatfield	Sandy
Poverty rate	9.2%	7.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1976	2003