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Sandston CDP, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Sandston CDP is a Census CDP of 7,399 people across 9.87 square miles of land, in Henrico County. Median household income is $59,238, 54.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $18.7 m.
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Sandston
What Sandston is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area9.87 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land750
- County holding the largest share of its areaHenrico County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandston
How many people live in Sandston
- Population7,399
- Median age39.3
- Population under 181,335 plus or minus 328
- Share under 1818.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Population 65 and over1,024 plus or minus 207
- Share 65 and over13.8 percent
- Households3,111
- Family households1,899
- Share of households that are families61.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandston
Income and work in Sandston
- Median household income$59,238 plus or minus $15,742
- Per capita income$33,236
- Civilian labor force4,372
- Employed4,191
- Unemployed181 plus or minus 119
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over5,080
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.9 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandston
Housing in Sandston
- Housing units3,256
- Occupied units3,111
- Vacant units145 plus or minus 113
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied1,704
- Renter occupied1,407
- Ownership rate54.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$219,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,211
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Single family units2,251
- Share single family69.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,005 plus or minus 289
- Share in buildings of two or more30.9 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandston
How Sandston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,655
- Commuting under 15 minutes870 plus or minus 318
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.8 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,295 plus or minus 266
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.4 percent
- Drove alone75.9 percent
- Carpooled10.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home12.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandston
SBA loans in Sandston (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$18,695,000
- Average approval$2,077,222
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported104
- Jobs per approval11.6
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sandston
SBA loans in Sandston (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,244,000
- Average approval$622,000
- Median approval$630,000
- Largest approval$630,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Henrico County, not Sandston
Henrico County context, not Sandston figures
These are Henrico County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sandston measurements.
- Establishments in Henrico County9,754
- Employment at those establishments, Henrico County183,459
- Covered employment, Henrico County187,647
- Average annual pay, Henrico County$70,541
- Average weekly wage, Henrico County$1,357
- Housing units permitted, Henrico County1,826
- Of those, single family, Henrico County921
- County product, 2024, Henrico County$37,564,811,000
- County product change over the prior year, Henrico County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Henrico County$75,071
Every figure in this section is published for Henrico County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sandston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sandston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sandston, Virginia?
7,399, in 3,111 households. Sandston CDP covers 9.87 square miles of land, which is 750 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sandston in?
Henrico County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sandston?
$59,238. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $219,900. Median gross rent is $1,211 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sandston businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $18.7 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sandston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sandston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sandston. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sandston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Henrico County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sandston.
Is zoning published for Sandston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.