Iva vs Sandy Springs

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

Iva and Sandy Springs are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sandy Springs has the higher population (955 vs 937 in Iva). Sandy Springs has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $24,313 in Iva). Sandy Springs has the higher median home value ($261,600 vs $140,800 in Iva).

Population, income & housing

	Iva	Sandy Springs
Population	937	955
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$24,313	$68,393
Median home value	$140,800	$261,600
Median gross rent	$685	$938
Housing units	438	328
Homeownership rate	55.9%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iva	Sandy Springs
Population	1,388 → 937 (-32.5%)	974 → 955 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $24,313 (-36.6%)	$77,750 → $68,393 (-12.0%)
Median home value	$67,400 → $140,800 (+108.9%)	$253,000 → $261,600 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $685 (+17.3%)	$643 → $938 (+45.9%)

Iva

Population

1,388937

Median household income

$38,333$24,313

Median home value

$67,400$140,800

Median gross rent

$584$685

Sandy Springs

Population

974955

Median household income

$77,750$68,393

Median home value

$253,000$261,600

Median gross rent

$643$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iva	Sandy Springs
Under 5	1.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.7%
75 and over	8.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iva	Sandy Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	53.0%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iva	Sandy Springs
No high school diploma	24.3%	38.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iva	Sandy Springs
Drove alone	82.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	16.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iva	Sandy Springs
1-unit, detached	64.2%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Iva	Sandy Springs
Poverty rate	35.2%	38.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1965	2001