New York · Census place 3665035
Sands Point, New York
Sands Point is a village in Nassau County, New York with an estimated 2,743 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 253rd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,743
- #253 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +39 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- + 1.38 sq mi water
- Density
- 650 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Sands Point population, 2020 to 2024
Sands Point added 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Sands Point covers 4.22 square miles of land and 1.38 of water, for 650 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Sands Point is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sands Point is in
All of Sands Point's residents live in Nassau County, which had 1,392,438 residents in 2024. Sands Point holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sands Point
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sands Point by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 11050. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Sands Point is
The Census internal point of Sands Point is at 40.853400, -73.703600. Albany, the capital, is 124.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Port Washington North, NY (3,146 people), 0.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 10.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.853400, -73.703600
- DMS
- 40°51'12.24"N 73°42'12.96"W
- UTM
- 18N 609271.8E 4523292.0N
- Geohash
- dr786v4sm
- Plus code
- 87G8V73W+9H
Daylight in Sands Point
At 40.85° N, Sands Point gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sands Point
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Washington North, 0.7 miles away, with 3,146 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sands Point, NY?
2,743 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 39 (1.4%) from 2,704 in July 2020.
What county is Sands Point in?
Nassau County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sands Point?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 11050.
How far is Sands Point from Albany?
124.4 miles (200.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Sands Point.
What is the nearest larger city to Sands Point?
Port Washington North, NY, with 3,146 residents, 0.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.