Sand City, California

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Population in July 2007: 363. Population change since 2000: +14.6%

Males: 218	(60.2%)
Females: 145	(39.8%)

Median resident age:	37.7 years
California median age:	33.3 years

Zip codes: 93955.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $40,602 (it was $34,375 in 2000)

Sand City:	$40,602
California:	$59,948

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $1,034,066 (it was $400,000 in 2000)

Sand City:	$1,034,066
California:	$532,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $895,080; Detached houses: $747,721; In 2-unit structures: $3,470,019

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Races in Sand City:

White Non-Hispanic (61.3%)
Hispanic (27.6%)
Other race (14.6%)
Black (5.0%)
Two or more races (4.6%)
American Indian (3.8%)
Japanese (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Sand City: 171.1 (very high, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (10.7%), English (10.0%), French Canadian (6.1%), Italian (6.1%), Irish (3.4%), Scottish (3.4%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 60 feet

Land area: 0.56 square miles.

Population density: 645 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Sand City

High school or higher: 67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
Unemployed: 2.9%
Mean travel time to work: 17.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sand City city

Never married: 48.2%
Now married: 33.3%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 4.8%
Divorced: 11.9%

52 residents are foreign born (18.4% Latin America).

This city:	19.9%
California:	26.2%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Sand City:	0.2% ($900)
California:	0.8% ($1,564)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Salinas, CA (12.4 miles , pop. 151,060).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: San Jose, CA (47.7 miles , pop. 894,943).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (262.6 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Seaside, CA (0.9 miles ), Del Rey Oaks, CA (1.2 miles ), Monterey, CA (1.6 miles ), Pacific Grove, CA (2.0 miles ), Marina, CA (2.3 miles ), Del Monte Forest, CA (2.4 miles ), Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA (2.4 miles ), Carmel, CA (2.4 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 1 building, cost: $177,000
1997: 1 building, cost: $222,000
1998: 2 buildings, average cost: $200,200
1999: 7 buildings, average cost: $162,600
2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $273,000
2001: 2 buildings, average cost: $143,800
2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $140,700
2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $307,000
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 1 building, cost: $174,600
2006: 0 buildings
2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 36.61 N, Longitude: 121.85 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 831

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Population change in the 1990s: +64 (+32.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Accommodation and food services (27%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
Repair and maintenance (8%)
Construction (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Educational services (7%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Accommodation and food services (24%)
Other direct selling establishments (21%)
Pharmacies and drug stores (12%)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Cooks and food preparation workers (14%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Accountants and auditors (5%)
Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (26%)
Waiters and waitresses (18%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (18%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
Personal appearance workers (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)

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Crime in Sand City by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	326.8	651.5
Robberies	2	2	1	1	3	0	2
per 100,000	751.9	738.0	344.8	324.7	970.9	0.0	651.5
Assaults	5	3	3	5	5	3	4
per 100,000	1879.7	1107.0	1034.5	1623.4	1618.1	980.4	1302.9
Burglaries	6	9	4	7	2	5	9
per 100,000	2255.6	3321.0	1379.3	2272.7	647.2	1634.0	2931.6
Thefts	133	146	148	154	141	98	118
per 100,000	50000.0	53874.5	51034.5	50000.0	45631.1	32026.1	38436.5
Auto thefts	6	4	2	7	2	4	1
per 100,000	2255.6	1476.0	689.7	2272.7	647.2	1307.2	325.7
Arson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	375.9	369.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	2939.8	2948.3	2503.4	2763.0	2537.2	1957.5	2745.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 11 (10 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	27.55
US city average:	3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Sand City:

COMM HOSP OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA (about 3 miles; MONTEREY, CA)
NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; SALINAS, CA)
WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; WATSONVILLE, CA)

Political contributions by individuals in Sand City, CA

Amtrak stations near Sand City:

1 miles: SEASIDE (BLDG. T-1176, 4TH ST.) - Bus Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
3 miles: MONTEREY TRANSIT PLAZA (MONTEREY, PEARL & TYLER STS.) - Bus Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection.
7 miles: CARMEL (3665 RIO RD.) - Bus Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Local government website: www.sandcity.org

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sand City:

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MONTEREY BAY (about 1 miles; SEASIDE, CA; Full-time enrollment: 2,383)
MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 3 miles; MONTEREY, CA; FT enrollment: 4,295)
CABRILLO COLLEGE (about 26 miles; APTOS, CA; FT enrollment: 6,638)
HARTNELL COLLEGE (about 27 miles; SALINAS, CA; FT enrollment: 4,003)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ (about 30 miles; SANTA CRUZ, CA; FT enrollment: 11,773)
GAVILAN COLLEGE (about 32 miles; GILROY, CA; FT enrollment: 2,791)
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; SAN JOSE, CA; FT enrollment: 20,861)

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Average household size:

This city:	2.5 people
California:	2.9 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	41.3%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	12.5%
Whole state:	5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 1.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	27.9%
Whole state:	14.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	11.3%
Whole state:	6.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sand City, CA

64 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Sand City compared to California state average:

Median household income below state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
Renting percentage above state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
Number of rooms per house below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Banks with branches in Sand City (2009 data):

Bank of America, National Association: Edgewater Center Branch at 2000 California Avenue, branch established on 1998-03-09. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $1,471,631.0 mil, Deposits: $954,677.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 6194 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation

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School Enrollment by Level of School

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2004 Presidential Election results in Monterey County California:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (68%) Electricity (32%)

Religon statistics for Sand City

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Episcopal Church	Assemblies of God
Adherents	77.0%	3.0%	2.5%	2.0%	1.7%
Congregations	10.6%	8.8%	4.2%	6.5%	8.8%

Name	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Pentecostal Church of God	United Methodist Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Other religions
Adherents	1.6%	1.4%	1.2%	0.9%	8.7%
Congregations	3.7%	4.6%	4.2%	2.8%	45.8%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	11	$30,941	$33,754	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	0	$0		1	$1,329
Police Protection - Officers	8	$30,590	$45,885	3	$2,436
Financial Administration	1	$2,870	$34,440	0	$0
Police - Other	1	$3,394	$40,728	0	$0
Streets and Highways	2	$6,380	$38,280	0	$0
Totals for Government	23	$74,175	$38,700	4	$3,765

Sand City government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $364,000
Charges - Housing & Community Development: $118,000
All Other: $19,000
Construction - Housing & Community Development: $483,000
Current Operations - Police Protection: $1,089,000
Regular Highways: $719,000

Housing & Community Development: $621,000

Financial Administration: $314,000

Central Staff Services: $309,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $289,000

General - Other: $90,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $77,000

Parks & Recreation: $45,000

Health Services - Other: $1,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $41,000
General - Interest on Debt: $618,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Fire Protection: $166,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $11,228,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,465,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $4,350,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $7,853,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $490,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $62,000
General Revenue, NEC: $48,000
Other Capital Outlay - Housing & Community Development: $565,000
Police Protection: $37,000

Regular Highways: $10,000

Central Staff: $3,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,108,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,659,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $432,000
General Support: $17,000

Highways: $9,000
Tax - Total General Sales: $2,602,000
Property: $1,053,000

NEC: $447,000

Public Utilities: $188,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $806,000

6.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($59,504 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.04%
California average:	5.75%

0.24% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,930 average AGI)
Monterey County: 0.24%
California average: 0.21%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Santa Cruz County, CA	0.43% ($38,459 average AGI)
from Santa Clara County, CA	0.34% ($81,066)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.28% ($53,520)

8.48% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($50,373 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.48%
California average:	6.27%

0.27% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,412 average AGI)
Monterey County: 0.27%
California average: 0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Santa Clara County, CA	0.50% ($61,425 average AGI)
to Santa Cruz County, CA	0.42% ($42,670)
to Los Angeles County, CA	0.25% ($37,498)

Strongest AM radio stations in Sand City:

KNRY (1240 AM; 1 kW; MONTEREY, CA; Owner: PEOPLE'S RADIO, INC.)
KYAA (1200 AM; 25 kW; SOQUEL, CA; Owner: PEOPLE'S RADIO, INC.)
KSRK (540 AM; 10 kW; CARMEL VALLEY, CA; Owner: PEOPLE'S RADIO, INC.)
KRML (1410 AM; 3 kW; CARMEL, CA; Owner: WISDOM BROADCASTING CO, INC.)
KIDD (630 AM; 1 kW; MONTEREY, CA; Owner: BUCKLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KDBV (980 AM; 10 kW; SALINAS, CA; Owner: WOLFHOUSE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
KION (1460 AM; 10 kW; SALINAS, CA)
KKMC (880 AM; 10 kW; GONZALES, CA; Owner: MONTEREY COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KTOM (1380 AM; 5 kW; SALINAS, CA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KLOK (1170 AM; 50 kW; SAN JOSE, CA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
KNBR (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN FRANCISCO, CA; Owner: KNBR LICO, INC.)
KSCO (1080 AM; 10 kW; SANTA CRUZ, CA)
KGO (810 AM; 50 kW; SAN FRANCISCO, CA; Owner: KGO-AM RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sand City:

KMBY-FM (103.9 FM; SEASIDE, CA; Owner: MAPLETON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
KUSP (88.9 FM; SANTA CRUZ, CA; Owner: PATAPHYSICAL B/CING. FOUNDATION,INC.)
K260AA (99.9 FM; CARMEL VALLEY, CA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
KWAV (96.9 FM; MONTEREY, CA; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING OF MONTEREY)
KTOM-FM (100.7 FM; SALINAS, CA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
K291AE (106.1 FM; SEASIDE, CA; Owner: MAPELTON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
KSPB (91.9 FM; PEBBLE BEACH, CA; Owner: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL)
KBOQ (95.5 FM; CARMEL, CA; Owner: J & M BROADCASTING, INC.)
KMJO (92.7 FM; MARINA, CA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KSES-FM (107.1 FM; SEASIDE, CA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
KAZU (90.3 FM; PACIFIC GROVE, CA; Owner: FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY)
KCDU (101.7 FM; CARMEL, CA; Owner: MAPLETON COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
KDON-FM (102.5 FM; SALINAS, CA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
K202DU (88.3 FM; SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, CA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
KOCN (105.1 FM; PACIFIC GROVE, CA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KBTU (93.5 FM; HOLLISTER, CA; Owner: MAPLETON COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
KLVM (89.7 FM; PRUNEDALE, CA; Owner: PRUNEDALE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
K265DG (100.9 FM; HOLLISTER, CA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
K206BQ (89.1 FM; HOLLISTER, CA; Owner: PATAPHYSICAL BROADCASTING FOUNDATION, INC.)
KSQL (99.1 FM; SANTA CRUZ, CA; Owner: TMS LICENSE CALIFORNIA, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Sand City:

K53DT (Channel 53; MONTEREY, CA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
KION-TV (Channel 46; MONTEREY, CA; Owner: ACKERLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
KSBW (Channel 8; SALINAS, CA; Owner: HEARST-ARGYLE STATIONS, INC.)
KCBA (Channel 35; SALINAS, CA; Owner: SEAL ROCK BROADCASTERS, L.L.C.)
KCAH (Channel 25; WATSONVILLE, CA; Owner: KTEH FOUNDATION)

Sand City fatal accident list:
May 27, 1988 05:99 AM, 1, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jun 24, 1983 06:25 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Feb 20, 1982 02:10 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
May 24, 1982 05:05 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jul 20, 1980 07:55 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 16, 1980 10:25 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 12
Total length: 85 meters (279ft)
Total average daily traffic: 273,102
Total average daily truck traffic: 11,072
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Sand City, CA

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2

Call Sign: KG6WHY, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00916479
Grant Date: 09/13/2004, Expiration Date: 09/13/2014, Certifier: Seong-Joo Lee
Registrant: Seong-Joo Lee, 1883 Ocean View Ave, Sand City, CA 93955-3023
Call Sign: KG6YOM, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00984615
Grant Date: 03/01/2005, Expiration Date: 03/01/2015, Certifier: Kelly J Morgan
Registrant: Kelly J Morgan, 1717 Contra Costa St, Sand City, CA 93955

	B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	6	$415,178	22	$424,525	2	$41,125	1	$286,330	4	$390,060
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	1	$391,490	7	$388,814	2	$358,435	0	$0	2	$312,360
APPLICATIONS DENIED	6	$395,657	14	$425,888	3	$83,990	0	$0	3	$289,973
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	2	$360,515	5	$443,552	1	$149,410	0	$0	2	$372,750
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	2	$386,545	0	$0	0	$0	1	$249,370

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See detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0140.00

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$182,730
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	1	$297,780
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0

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See detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0140.00

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 1
Hazardous Condition: 8

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