Sandy Creek is a tiny village located in the state of New York. With a population of 621 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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sandy Creek is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.06% of the Sandy Creek workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Sandy Creek is a village of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandy Creek who work in healthcare (9.93%), office and administrative support (6.62%), and sales jobs (6.62%). 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. The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sandy Creek has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sandy Creek a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Sandy Creek, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. 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 education level of Sandy Creek citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.96% of adults in Sandy Creek have at least a bachelor's 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.
