Sandston vs Wyndham

A side-by-side comparison of Sandston and Wyndham: population, income, housing, and more.

Sandston and Wyndham are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wyndham has the higher population (12,084 vs 7,011 in Sandston). Wyndham has the higher median household income ($235,886 vs $57,708 in Sandston). Wyndham has the higher median home value ($673,200 vs $201,800 in Sandston).

Population, income & housing

	Sandston	Wyndham
Population	7,011	12,084
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,708	$235,886
Median home value	$201,800	$673,200
Median gross rent	$1,199	$2,076
Housing units	3,106	4,118
Homeownership rate	55.5%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	84.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandston	Wyndham
Population	7,188 → 7,011 (-2.5%)	10,578 → 12,084 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$50,472 → $57,708 (+14.3%)	$182,803 → $235,886 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $201,800 (+47.9%)	$493,200 → $673,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,199 (+17.2%)	$1,696 → $2,076 (+22.4%)

Sandston

Population

7,1887,011

Median household income

$50,472$57,708

Median home value

$136,400$201,800

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,199

Wyndham

Population

10,57812,084

Median household income

$182,803$235,886

Median home value

$493,200$673,200

Median gross rent

$1,696$2,076

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandston	Wyndham
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	23.9%
18 to 24	12.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	17.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.4%
75 and over	7.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandston	Wyndham
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	54.1%
Black or African American	32.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	33.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandston	Wyndham
No high school diploma	12.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	48.2%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandston	Wyndham
Drove alone	73.9%	59.5%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	34.2%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandston	Wyndham
1-unit, detached	70.2%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sandston	Wyndham
Poverty rate	10.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.34	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1966	2001