Sandy | |
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 Sandy City Hall in September, 2009 | |
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 Location inSalt Lake County and the state ofUtah. | |
| Coordinates:40°34′21″N111°51′35″W / 40.57250°N 111.85972°W /40.57250; -111.85972 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Salt Lake |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Incorporated | 1893 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Monica Zoltanski[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.16 sq mi (62.58 km2) |
| • Land | 24.15 sq mi (62.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,449 ft (1,356 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 96,904 |
| • Density | 4,012/sq mi (1,549/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 84070, 84090-84094 |
| Area codes | 385, 801 |
| FIPS code | 49-67440[3] |
| Website | www.sandy.utah.gov |
Sandy is a city in theSalt Lake City metropolitan area, located inSalt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 96,904 according to the2020 United States census.[4]
Sandy is home to theShops at South Town shopping mall; the Jordan Commons entertainment, office and dining complex; and theMountain America Exposition Center. It is also the location of thesoccer-specificAmerica First Field (formerly known as Rio Tinto Stadium), which hostsReal Salt Lake andUtah Royals FC home games, and opened on October 8, 2008.
The city is currently developing awalkable andtransit-orientedcity center calledThe Cairns. A formal master plan was adopted in January 2017 to accommodate regional growth and outlines developments and related guidelines through the next 25 years, while dividing the city center into distinctvillages. The plan emphasizessustainable living, walkability, human-scaled architecture, environmentally-friendly design, and nature-inspired design while managing population growth and its related challenges.[5]
Located at the base of theWasatch Mountains thirteen miles (21 km) south ofSalt Lake City, Sandy was a likely area for early settlement. The area was first used by nomadic bands ofPaiute,Shoshone, andBannock Indians who roamed along the base of the mountains as they travelled from their winter home atUtah Lake to their summer fishing grounds atBear Lake.
Permanent settlers first moved into Sandy during the 1860s and 1870s because of the availability of land in the less crowded southern end of theSalt Lake Valley. The originalplat was essentially one square mile, situated on analluvial terrace running north and south along the eastern edge of theJordan River drainage system and paralleling the mountain range.
The origin of its name has not been established with any certainty. Perhaps most widely believed is thatBrigham Young named Sandy for its thirsty soil, but there is no historical evidence for this.[6] Another theory is that the name came from a legendary and colorful Scotsman, Alexander "Sandy" Kinghorn, the engineer who ran the first train line to this end of the Salt Lake Valley. Though this seems bolstered by the original name (Sandy Station or Sandy's Station), historians consider it unlikely in view of the short period between the start of the train service and the first instances of the name.[6]
In 1863, there were only four homes between Union (7200 South) and Dunyon (Point of the Mountain): the Thayne homestead at 6600 South and 800 East, one in Crescent, one at Dunyon, and a fourth outside present-day Sandy boundaries altogether. Within a few years, Thomas Allsop, a Yorkshire farmer who had immigrated to Utah in 1853, owned almost half of present-day Sandy from County Road to Fourth East along Alta Road to Lindell Parkway. LeGrand Young owned the land between Fourth East and State Street.
Farmers willing to try their hand at the thirsty soil that inspired Sandy's name took up land along State Street, which stretched from downtown Salt Lake City to Point of the Mountain. But it was mining that shaped Sandy's first four decades. Whensilver mining began inLittle Cottonwood Canyon, entrepreneurs recognized Sandy's value as a supply station; soon its main street was lined with hotels, saloons, and brothels serving miners ready to spend their newly earned wages. Three majorsmelters were located in Sandy. They were the Flagstaff, the Mingo, and the Saturn. These made Sandy the territory's most significant smelting center for a number of years.
The railroad was also significant in determining the course of Sandy's history. Built in 1873, the railroad connected Sandy to Salt Lake City and facilitated the transportation of ore and other products both in and out of the area. A streetcar line in 1907 facilitated the transportation of locals to jobs in Salt Lake City; and the automobile later continued to serve that function.
Sandy was incorporated in 1893, largely as part of an effort to combat what Mormon inhabitants considered "unsavory" elements in the town. Due to its mine-based beginnings, Sandy saw some modest growth. After incorporation, it was almost as if Sandy had redefined itself. Gone were the large numbers of single, transient men. By 1900, there was only a handful of saloons and hotels, and Sandy began to more closely resemble other rural Utah towns — a place where everyone knew everyone else. Church, farming, business, and family formed the focus of the inhabitants' world.
In the late 1960s, however, this rural town dramatically changed course with its second boom. It had always been assumed by local leaders and citizens that Sandy would grow outward from its logical and historic center—the nexus of Main and Center streets. However, population growth overwhelmed the physical center as neighborhoods spread out in every direction over the land.
During the 1970s, pocket communities took shape, providing the services, schools, and shopping traditionally offered by a city.Annexation issues became prominent as Salt Lake County and Sandy vied for control over land and resources. Sandy became a collection of small local communities identified by a youthful, family-oriented population. Although it was initially perceived as a bedroom community, and often still is, it has since developed a thriving commercial center along State Street and other various arterial roads.
The Cairns | |
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| City center | |
| Design | IBI Group |
| Construction | 2014–present |
| Area | 1,100 acres |
| Owner | City of Sandy |
 Interactive map of The Cairns | |
In 2014, the Sandy City government revealed blueprints to redevelop 1,100 acres of Sandy's downtown area into a new resort-stylecity center over the next 25 years, addinghigh-risemulti-family residential buildings and office towers, while also renovating theShops at South Town shopping mall. The plans will also add newmulti-use trails, the new Hale Center Theatre, and other amenities.[7][8] The city center project is namedThe Cairns, with the project stretching between 9000 South and 11400 South, andInterstate 15 to theTRAX Blue Line. The project includes theAmerican First Field and theMountain America Exposition Center.
The project divides the city center into distincturban villages; the areas currently under development include:
The master plan also includes study areas for future development and single-use areas that are unlikely to change.[9]
As of February 2017, the first phase of the Shops at South Town redevelopment is complete[10] and the Central Village office towers (including a newInContact headquarters), the Hale Center Theatre, and the Park at City Center residential project are near completion.[11] The East Village transit-oriented development is nearly halfway complete, with residential projects near completion andmixed-use projects planned for a late 2017 or early 2018groundbreaking. Transit enhancements are planned to connect the TRAX station to theSouth JordanFrontRunner station, and create a link between the active villages, by way of rubber-tirebus,trolleybus, ortram. This route has been studied and is currently under planning.[12]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.4 square miles (58 km2), of which 22.3 square miles (58 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.09%) is water.
The major residential region of eastern Sandy sits on the slopes of theWasatch Range while the western section lies at the bottom of the valley.Interstate 15 and State Street (US-89) run through the western portions of the city, while theJordan River forms part of the western border withWest Jordan andSouth Jordan.
Under theKöppen climate classification, Sandy has ahumid subtropical climate (Cfa) or ahumid continental climate (Dfa) depending on which variant of the system is used.
| Climate data for Sandy, Utah | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 63 (17) | 70 (21) | 84 (29) | 89 (32) | 103 (39) | 106 (41) | 111 (44) | 106 (41) | 100 (38) | 94 (34) | 76 (24) | 69 (21) | 111 (44) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 41 (5) | 47 (8) | 56 (13) | 65 (18) | 75 (24) | 87 (31) | 95 (35) | 94 (34) | 83 (28) | 69 (21) | 53 (12) | 42 (6) | 67 (20) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 22 (−6) | 25 (−4) | 32 (0) | 38 (3) | 46 (8) | 54 (12) | 61 (16) | 60 (16) | 51 (11) | 40 (4) | 30 (−1) | 22 (−6) | 40 (4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 1 (−17) | −12 (−24) | 10 (−12) | 21 (−6) | 21 (−6) | 32 (0) | 44 (7) | 37 (3) | 31 (−1) | 18 (−8) | 1 (−17) | −17 (−27) | −17 (−27) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 1.51 (38) | 1.22 (31) | 1.56 (40) | 1.82 (46) | 1.79 (45) | 0.85 (22) | 0.95 (24) | 0.95 (24) | 1.08 (27) | 1.73 (44) | 1.32 (34) | 0.96 (24) | 15.74 (400) |
| Source: weather.com[13] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1880 | 488 | — | |
| 1890 | 1,065 | 118.2% | |
| 1900 | 1,637 | 53.7% | |
| 1910 | 1,716 | 4.8% | |
| 1920 | 1,208 | −29.6% | |
| 1930 | 1,436 | 18.9% | |
| 1940 | 1,487 | 3.6% | |
| 1950 | 2,095 | 40.9% | |
| 1960 | 3,327 | 58.8% | |
| 1970 | 6,438 | 93.5% | |
| 1980 | 52,210 | 711.0% | |
| 1990 | 75,058 | 43.8% | |
| 2000 | 88,418 | 17.8% | |
| 2010 | 87,461 | −1.1% | |
| 2020 | 96,904 | 10.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[14] | |||
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| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[16] | Pop 2010[17] | Pop 2020[18] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 80,523 | 75,260 | 76,172 | 91.07% | 86.05% | 78.61% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 404 | 558 | 866 | 0.46% | 0.64% | 0.89% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 269 | 335 | 376 | 0.30% | 0.38% | 0.39% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 1,894 | 2,599 | 4,020 | 2.14% | 2.97% | 4.15% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 260 | 541 | 659 | 0.29% | 0.62% | 0.68% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 67 | 124 | 463 | 0.08% | 0.14% | 0.48% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 1,126 | 1,597 | 3,925 | 1.27% | 1.83% | 4.05% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3,875 | 6,447 | 10,423 | 4.38% | 7.37% | 10.76% |
| Total | 88,418 | 87,461 | 96,904 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau,[19] as of 2017, there were 96,145 people in Sandy. The racial makeup of the county was 84.6% non-HispanicWhite, 0.7%Black, 0.4%Native American, 3.0%Asian, 0.7Pacific Islander, and 2.1% from two or more races. 8.9% of the population wereHispanic orLatino of any race.
The city population remains thesixth largest in Utah as of 2010[update], there were 87,418 people, 28,296 households, and 22,553 families residing in the city.[3] The race and ethnicity compositions of the city were 90.0%White, 3.0%Asian, 0.7%Black, 0.6%Pacific Islander, 0.5%Native American, 2.6% from other races, and 2.5% fromtwo or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.4% of the population.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.3% aged 19 and under, 13.3% from 20 to 29, 19.2% from 29 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.[3] There were 28,296 households, out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.45.[3]
Themedian income for a household in the city was $76,904, and the median income for a family was $84,770. Full-time year-around male workers had a median income of $59,108 versus $40,506 for female workers. The per capita income for the city was $30,952, 7.8% of the population and 6.1% of families were below thepoverty line. Of the total population, 11.0% of those under the age 18 and 4.3% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.[20]
Jordan School District was the primary school district in Sandy until 2009. In 2007, citizens voted to splitJordan School District to create 2 separate school districts -Jordan School District and the newly createdCanyons School District.[21] The Canyons School District is now the primary school district located in Sandy. It began operation at the beginning of the 2009–10 school year.
Sandy has 18 elementary schools (Alta View, Altara, Bell View, Brookwood,Crescent, East Sandy, Edgemont, Granite, Lone Peak, Oakdale, Park Lane, Peruvian Park, Quail Hollow, Sandy, Silver Mesa, Sprucewood, Sunrise, Willow Canyon), six middle schools (Albion, Crescent View, Eastmont, Indian Hills, Mount Jordan, Union), five high schools (Corner Canyon,Jordan,Hillcrest,Brighton, andAlta), one technical school (Canyons Technical Education Center—CTEC), and one alternative high school (Southpointe). TheBlessed Sacrament School is a private Catholic elementary school.
Salt Lake Community College's Miller Campus is located in Sandy, and is home to the college's Automotive Training Center, Culinary Institute, Miller Business Resource Center for corporate training programs, and training facilities for the Utah Department of Public Safety.[22] Sandy is also home to a continuing education campus for non-traditional students at theUniversity of Utah, opened in 2015.[23]
Sandy is home toReal Salt Lake, aMajor League Soccer team established in 2004 that plays at theAmerica First Field on the city's west side and theUtah Royals, aNational Women's Soccer League team that also shares America First Field. The city is also the home of theUtah Mammoth practice facility.
| Club | League | Venue | Established | Titles |
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| Real Salt Lake | Major League Soccer | America First Field | 2004 | 1 |
| Utah Royals FC | National Women's Soccer League | America First Field | 2017[a] | 0 |
The city's roads are located on the samegrid system as the rest of Salt Lake County.I-15 runs down the western side of Sandy, with three exits (at 9000 South, 10600 South and 11400 South) located in the city. An additional ramp was built in early 2017 to connect the 10600 South northbound off-ramp to Monroe Street.[24]U.S. Route 89 runs parallel to I-15 through the city as State Street, andUtah State Route 209 runs east/west, terminating within theWasatch Range atAlta Ski Resort.
TheUtah Transit Authority (UTA) operates a bus system that reaches into the city (including two normal routes, threeFLEX routes, and oneski service route). Bus routes serve nearby light rail stations, commercial districts (including the Shops at South Town and the State Street commercial district), office parks, and government offices. The ski bus route operates from Historic Sandy TRAX station toAlta Ski Area andSnowbird and runs seasonally.
Sandy and UTA are currently developing acirculator bus ortrolley route between Sandy Civic Center TRAX station andSouth JordanFrontRunner station. The route, not yet in service, will have the potential to convert into astreetcar route in the distant future. A feasibility study was conducted by UTA in 2015, outlining the need for a circulator route, which was established into Sandy's long-term city center plan in January 2017. The route will incorporate a dedicated transit guideway on 10200 S over or under Interstate 15.[12]
UTA'sTRAXlight rail system operates in Sandy. The city is home to four light rail stations:Historic Sandy at 9000 South;Sandy Expo, an infill station at 9375 South, serving the Mountain America Exposition Center and America First Field;Sandy Civic Center at 10000 South, serving the city center and nearbytransit-oriented developments; andCrescent View at 11400 South. All of Sandy's light rail stations are on theBlue Line, terminating atSalt Lake Central Station to the north andDraper Town Center to the south.
Sandy has two official sister cities as recognized bySister Cities International.[38]
| City | Country | Since | References |
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| Riesa | Germany | 2002 | [39] |
| Piedras Negras | Mexico | 2002 | [40] |
Sullivan, one of the few black men organizing for racial justice in Utah, is not from Provo but Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City.
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