Smithville-Sanders vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of Smithville-Sanders and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

Smithville-Sanders and Stanford are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smithville-Sanders has the higher population (3,228 vs 463 in Stanford). Stanford has the higher median household income ($128,356 vs $72,331 in Smithville-Sanders). Smithville-Sanders has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $220,800 in Stanford).

Population, income & housing

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
Population	3,228	463
Median age	38.6 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,331	$128,356
Median home value	$256,900	$220,800
Median gross rent	$993	—
Housing units	1,922	142
Homeownership rate	81.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
Population	3,424 → 3,228 (-5.7%)	391 → 463 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$86,213 → $72,331 (-16.1%)	$123,293 → $128,356 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $256,900 (+53.2%)	$245,500 → $220,800 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $993 (-7.7%)	—

Smithville-Sanders

Population

3,4243,228

Median household income

$86,213$72,331

Median home value

$167,700$256,900

Median gross rent

$1,076$993

Stanford

Population

391463

Median household income

$123,293$128,356

Median home value

$245,500$220,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
Under 5	8.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	29.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	23.3%
35 to 44	21.8%	24.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	7.8%
75 and over	4.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	99.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	1.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
No high school diploma	7.5%	20.3%
High school graduate	19.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
Drove alone	76.0%	93.1%
Carpooled	13.8%	0.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
1-unit, detached	45.6%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Smithville-Sanders	Stanford
Poverty rate	5.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1984	1979