Archer vs Sanborn

A side-by-side comparison of Archer and Sanborn: population, income, housing, and more.

Archer and Sanborn are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sanborn has the higher population (1,510 vs 144 in Archer). Archer has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $56,477 in Sanborn). Sanborn has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $59,200 in Archer).

Population, income & housing

	Archer	Sanborn
Population	144	1,510
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$56,477
Median home value	$59,200	$150,900
Median gross rent	—	$881
Housing units	61	656
Homeownership rate	83.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archer	Sanborn
Population	137 → 144 (+5.1%)	1,582 → 1,510 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $66,250 (+35.9%)	$48,750 → $56,477 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$43,800 → $59,200 (+35.2%)	$95,800 → $150,900 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$595 → $881 (+48.1%)

Archer

Population

137144

Median household income

$48,750$66,250

Median home value

$43,800$59,200

Sanborn

Population

1,5821,510

Median household income

$48,750$56,477

Median home value

$95,800$150,900

Median gross rent

$595$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archer	Sanborn
Under 5	9.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	18.1%	12.6%
75 and over	7.6%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archer	Sanborn
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archer	Sanborn
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	48.4%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archer	Sanborn
Drove alone	95.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archer	Sanborn
1-unit, detached	96.7%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Archer	Sanborn
Poverty rate	7.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1961	1965