Sandborn vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Sandborn and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

Sandborn and Wheatland are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheatland has the higher population (352 vs 307 in Sandborn). Sandborn has the higher median household income ($61,641 vs $47,500 in Wheatland). Sandborn has the higher median home value ($99,400 vs $58,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Sandborn	Wheatland
Population	307	352
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,641	$47,500
Median home value	$99,400	$58,600
Median gross rent	$600	$683
Housing units	202	183
Homeownership rate	84.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandborn	Wheatland
Population	317 → 307 (-3.2%)	474 → 352 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$63,182 → $61,641 (-2.4%)	$42,292 → $47,500 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $99,400 (+21.1%)	$55,000 → $58,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $600 (-21.4%)	$612 → $683 (+11.6%)

Sandborn

Population

317307

Median household income

$63,182$61,641

Median home value

$82,100$99,400

Median gross rent

$763$600

Wheatland

Population

474352

Median household income

$42,292$47,500

Median home value

$55,000$58,600

Median gross rent

$612$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandborn	Wheatland
Under 5	1.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.3%
75 and over	7.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandborn	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandborn	Wheatland
No high school diploma	11.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandborn	Wheatland
Drove alone	83.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandborn	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	88.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Sandborn	Wheatland
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1952	1949