Primghar vs Sanborn

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

Primghar 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 965 in Primghar). Primghar has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $56,477 in Sanborn). Sanborn has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $135,500 in Primghar).

Population, income & housing

	Primghar	Sanborn
Population	965	1,510
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,813	$56,477
Median home value	$135,500	$150,900
Median gross rent	$975	$881
Housing units	419	656
Homeownership rate	85.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Primghar	Sanborn
Population	882 → 965 (+9.4%)	1,582 → 1,510 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $77,813 (+44.8%)	$48,750 → $56,477 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $135,500 (+79.2%)	$95,800 → $150,900 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $975 (+63.9%)	$595 → $881 (+48.1%)

Primghar

Population

882965

Median household income

$53,750$77,813

Median home value

$75,600$135,500

Median gross rent

$595$975

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)

	Primghar	Sanborn
Under 5	10.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	6.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.6%
75 and over	11.7%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Primghar	Sanborn
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	96.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Primghar	Sanborn
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Primghar	Sanborn
Drove alone	85.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Primghar	Sanborn
1-unit, detached	86.4%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Primghar	Sanborn
Poverty rate	7.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1961	1965