Paullina vs Sanborn

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

Paullina 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 843 in Paullina). Paullina has the higher median household income ($57,308 vs $56,477 in Sanborn). Sanborn has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $118,800 in Paullina).

Population, income & housing

	Paullina	Sanborn
Population	843	1,510
Median age	51.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,308	$56,477
Median home value	$118,800	$150,900
Median gross rent	$810	$881
Housing units	488	656
Homeownership rate	75.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paullina	Sanborn
Population	953 → 843 (-11.5%)	1,582 → 1,510 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$64,125 → $57,308 (-10.6%)	$48,750 → $56,477 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $118,800 (+33.0%)	$95,800 → $150,900 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $810 (+19.1%)	$595 → $881 (+48.1%)

Paullina

Population

953843

Median household income

$64,125$57,308

Median home value

$89,300$118,800

Median gross rent

$680$810

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)

	Paullina	Sanborn
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	6.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.6%
75 and over	14.7%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paullina	Sanborn
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paullina	Sanborn
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	39.2%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paullina	Sanborn
Drove alone	87.6%	84.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paullina	Sanborn
1-unit, detached	85.7%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Paullina	Sanborn
Poverty rate	8.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1954	1965