Sandy Springs

Population & Demographics

Sandy Springs, GA

Sandy Springs is home to 107,087 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 53,627 resident workers commute each day.

GeorgiaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
107,087
people
Population

107,087 residents

Median age 36.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Sandy Springs population & demographics

Who lives in Sandy Springs — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
107,087
Median age
36.8yrs
Median household income
$104,340
Median home value
$619,800
Median gross rent
$1,870/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
69.2%
Poverty rate
8.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Sandy Springs

How Sandy Springs breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White54.0%
Black20.9%
Hispanic or Latino11.8%
Asian7.5%
Two or more races4.8%
Some other race0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Sandy Springs

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Sandy Springs.

Sandy Springs at a glance
Employed Residents
53,627
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
15.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
31.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Atlanta
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Sandy Springs proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Sandy Springs commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

55 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Sandy Springs

53,627 commutes, one dot at a time

Sandy Springs

Where 53,627 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Sandy Springs, by worker count.

1Atlanta12.1 mi13,185
2Sandy Springs0.0 mi8,115
3Alpharetta10.7 mi3,119
4Dunwoody3.2 mi2,440
5Roswell7.0 mi1,638
6Marietta9.9 mi1,127
7Brookhaven5.3 mi1,086
8Peachtree Corners8.1 mi876

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Sandy Springs.

1Atlanta12.1 mi12,771
2Sandy Springs0.0 mi8,115
3Roswell7.0 mi4,225
4Johns Creek12.0 mi3,160
5Dunwoody3.2 mi2,849
6Alpharetta10.7 mi2,823
7Brookhaven5.3 mi2,478
8Smyrna9.5 mi1,991

Top industries

The sectors that employ Sandy Springs’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.7%
FIFinance and Insurance11.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.4%
INInformation8.3%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises6.3%
WSWholesale Trade4.7%
RTRetail Trade4.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.0%
Connectivity

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