Sandy Creek is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 626 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sandy Creek is the 838th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Sandy Creek was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Also of interest is that Sandy Creek has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sandy Creek has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sandy Creek has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sandy Creek than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sandy Creek may be for you.
One downside of living in Sandy Creek, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.50 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small village, Sandy Creek doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Sandy Creek are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.96% of adults in Sandy Creek having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sandy Creek in 2022 was $33,742, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,968 for a family of four. However, Sandy Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sandy Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Creek include Irish, German, English, French, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Sandy Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.