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Sand City, California

Sand City is a city in Monterey County, California, United States, located on the shores of Monterey Bay, and surrounded on most sides by the larger city of Seaside. Sand City is located 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Monterey, at an elevation of 72 feet (22 m). The population was 325 at the 2020 census. The city is predominantly a business community, and has a number of larger retail stores. The West End area of Sand City, once an industrial area, hosts a growing artists' colony. Every August, the artists of Sand City and neighboring areas hold a street fair called the "West End Celebration".

Sand City is located at 36°37′02″N 121°50′54″W / 36.61722°N 121.84833°W / 36.61722; -121.84833.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), of which 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) are land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), or 81.21%, are water, where the city limits extend into Monterey Bay.

Sand City incorporated in 1960. The Sand City post office opened in 1961, but has now been combined with the Seaside post office and shares Seaside's ZIP code (93955) as well. The city is mostly industrial.

The 2020 United States census reported that Sand City had a population of 325. The population density was 594.1 inhabitants per square mile (229.4/km2). The racial makeup of Sand City was 174 (53.5%) White, 17 (5.2%) African American, 7 (2.2%) Native American, 19 (5.8%) Asian, 3 (0.9%) Pacific Islander, 49 (15.1%) from other races, and 56 (17.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 96 persons (29.5%).

The whole population lived in households. There were 163 households, out of which 33 (20.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 41 (25.2%) were married-couple households, 18 (11.0%) were cohabiting couple households, 43 (26.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 61 (37.4%) had a male householder with no partner present. 73 households (44.8%) were one person, and 17 (10.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.99. There were 74 families (45.4% of all households).

The age distribution was 47 people (14.5%) under the age of 18, 28 people (8.6%) aged 18 to 24, 100 people (30.8%) aged 25 to 44, 106 people (32.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 44 people (13.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.2 males.

There were 186 housing units at an average density of 340.0 units per square mile (131.3 units/km2), of which 163 (87.6%) were occupied. Of these, 30 (18.4%) were owner-occupied, and 133 (81.6%) were occupied by renters.

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