Fieldale vs Sandy Level

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

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

Fieldale has the higher population (797 vs 466 in Sandy Level). Fieldale has the higher median household income ($43,450 vs $41,349 in Sandy Level). Since 2019, Sandy Level's population has grown faster (-5.1% vs -12.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
Population	797	466
Median age	33.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,450	$41,349
Median home value	$65,000	—
Median gross rent	$782	—
Housing units	438	208
Homeownership rate	78.0%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
Population	907 → 797 (-12.1%)	491 → 466 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$25,714 → $43,450 (+69.0%)	$29,447 → $41,349 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $65,000 (-21.5%)	$100,000 → $112,100 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $782 (+12.8%)	$606 → $666 (+9.9%)

Fieldale

Population

907797

Median household income

$25,714$43,450

Median home value

$82,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$693$782

Sandy Level

Population

491466

Median household income

$29,447$41,349

Median home value

$100,000$112,100

Median gross rent

$606$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	26.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.0%	0.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	35.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	1.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	11.6%
75 and over	7.2%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	64.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	35.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
No high school diploma	16.5%	13.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
Drove alone	83.7%	90.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
1-unit, detached	100.0%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	59.1%

Poverty & households

	Fieldale	Sandy Level
Poverty rate	36.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.92	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1944	1985