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Big Sandy, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Big Sandy is a Census CDP of 113 people across 0.53 square miles of land, in McDowell County. 100.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Big Sandy through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 113 with a margin of error of plus or minus 137, which is 121.2 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it. Because the margin here exceeds the estimate, this page shows its strongest sections only rather than a full profile.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Big Sandy
What Big Sandy is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.53 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land212 plus or minus 257
- County holding the largest share of its areaMcDowell 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.
Big Sandy
How many people live in Big Sandy
- Population113 plus or minus 137
- Median age52.4 plus or minus 21.1
- Population under 1832 plus or minus 54
- Share under 1828.3 percent plus or minus 32.7
- Population 65 and over18 plus or minus 32
- Share 65 and over15.9 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Households59 plus or minus 57
- Family households41 plus or minus 64
- Share of households that are families69.5 percent plus or minus 85.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Sandy
Housing in Big Sandy
- Housing units86 plus or minus 74
- Occupied units59 plus or minus 57
- Vacant units27 plus or minus 32
- Vacancy rate31.4 percent plus or minus 25.6
- Owner occupied59 plus or minus 57
- Renter occupied0
- Ownership rate100.0 percent
- Single family units32 plus or minus 38
- Share single family37.2 percent plus or minus 30.9
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes54 plus or minus 76
- Median year structure built2003
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Big Sandy
How Big Sandy gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute63 plus or minus 97
- Commuting under 15 minutes0
- Share commuting under 15 minutes0.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more0
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more0.0 percent
- Drove alone100.0 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McDowell County, not Big Sandy
McDowell County context, not Big Sandy figures
- Establishments in McDowell County213
- Covered employment, McDowell County3,934
- Average annual pay, McDowell County$56,048
- Housing units permitted, McDowell County7
Every figure in this section is published for McDowell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Big Sandy.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Big Sandy questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Big Sandy, West Virginia?
113, in 59 households. Big Sandy CDP covers 0.53 square miles of land, which is 212 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Big Sandy in?
McDowell County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Are the county figures on this page Big Sandy figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for McDowell 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 Big Sandy.
Is zoning published for Big Sandy?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.