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Demographics

People

Total Population	2,714
Male Share of the Population	50.5%
Female Share of the Population	49.5%
Senior Citizens	13.2%
Employed Population 16+	1,437
Age of the Population	43

Families

% of people married	64%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	27.4%
Median Earnings25+	$49,880
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$48,768
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$46,875

Wealth

Median Family Income	$92,645
% Above Poverty Level	91.4%
% Below Poverty Level	8.6%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	3.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.9%
% Using Public Transportation	1%

Housing

People Living Alone	14.2%
Median Gross Rent	$834
Median House Value	$200,600

Ancestry

German	21.1%
Irish	15.3%
Italian	12.5%
Polish	9%
English	8.7%
French Except Basque	5.6%
Dutch	5.1%
Ukrainian	4.6%
Czech	4.2%
US/American	4.1%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	4.1%
Canadian	3.4%
Lithuanian	2.5%
Russian	2.2%
Welsh	2%
Swedish	1.5%
Cypriot	1.5%
Scottish	0.6%
Hungarian	0.5%
Jamaican	0.4%
Barbadian	0.4%
West Indian	0.4%
Guyanese	0.1%
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West Sand Lake Almanac

Category	Value
County	Rensselaer County
Standard Zip Codes	12196
Phone Area Codes	518
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	42.63
Approximate Longitude	-73.6

West Sand Lake Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	TROY LOCK AND DAM
Distance	8.3 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 32 F
Apr Temp	37 to 58 F
Jul Temp	63 to 84 F
Oct Temp	40 to 62 F
Annual Precip	37.8 inches

Station	GRAFTON
Distance	12.1 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 29 F
Apr Temp	34 to 54 F
Jul Temp	58 to 78 F
Oct Temp	39 to 57 F
Annual Precip	46.4 inches

Station	STOCKBRIDGE
Distance	27.6 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 33 F
Apr Temp	34 to 58 F
Jul Temp	57 to 81 F
Oct Temp	37 to 60 F
Annual Precip	0 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Averill Park	1,330	$110,852
East Greenbush	4,611	$117,017
Menands	3,946	$82,982
Rensselaer	9,290	$69,115
Wynantskill	3,328	$86,250

West Sand Lake Public Schools

West Sand Lake Elementary School
24 Meeler Rd
ZIP: 12196
(518) 674-7175
Primary
Total Enrollment 405

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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