Calumet vs Sanborn

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

Calumet 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 131 in Calumet). Sanborn has the higher median household income ($56,477 vs $53,125 in Calumet). Sanborn has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $65,000 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Sanborn
Population	131	1,510
Median age	32.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$56,477
Median home value	$65,000	$150,900
Median gross rent	$475	$881
Housing units	58	656
Homeownership rate	83.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Sanborn
Population	253 → 131 (-48.2%)	1,582 → 1,510 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $53,125 (+20.7%)	$48,750 → $56,477 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $65,000 (-3.7%)	$95,800 → $150,900 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $475 (+6.5%)	$595 → $881 (+48.1%)

Calumet

Population

253131

Median household income

$44,000$53,125

Median home value

$67,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$446$475

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)

	Calumet	Sanborn
Under 5	9.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	26.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.2%
55 to 64	6.1%	7.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.6%
75 and over	8.4%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Sanborn
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	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	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Sanborn
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Sanborn
Drove alone	91.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Sanborn
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Sanborn
Poverty rate	25.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1938	1965