Sandy Springs is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 107,763 people and 35 associated neighborhoods, Sandy Springs is the seventh largest community in Georgia. Sandy Springs home prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, but Sandy Springs real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Sandy Springs is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.65% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sandy Springs is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandy Springs who work in management occupations (18.07%), business and financial occupations (12.10%), and office and administrative support (11.48%). Also of interest is that Sandy Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 24.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Sandy Springs use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Sandy Springs‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Sandy Springs. 68.17% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Sandy Springs in 2022 was $75,615, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $302,460 for a family of four. However, Sandy Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sandy Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sandy Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandy Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sandy Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.36% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sandy Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. Sandy Springs also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.95%. The most common language spoken in Sandy Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
