Sands Point, New York

Population

Growing. Up 2.0% since 2020.

2,764

people, the 254th-largest of New York's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New York's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

97.0%

of 597 jobs located in Sands Point are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 75% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$3,501

a month. New York's median is $1,621.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $2,984 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Nassau County.

• $517 Tract 5197.04
• $3,501 Tract 5197.02

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$962–$1,443

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $3,501 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 57 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 87% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.7% to the 909 homes here.

0–6

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 372% more than New York's.

$2,000,001

median home value in Sands Point.

• $2,000,001 Sands Point
• $423,800 New York
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year