Sanborn vs Sutherland

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

Sanborn and Sutherland 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 570 in Sutherland). Sanborn has the higher median household income ($56,477 vs $53,393 in Sutherland). Sanborn has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $86,900 in Sutherland).

Population, income & housing

	Sanborn	Sutherland
Population	1,510	570
Median age	41.3 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,477	$53,393
Median home value	$150,900	$86,900
Median gross rent	$881	$591
Housing units	656	304
Homeownership rate	75.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanborn	Sutherland
Population	1,582 → 1,510 (-4.6%)	568 → 570 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $56,477 (+15.9%)	$50,197 → $53,393 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $150,900 (+57.5%)	$57,100 → $86,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $881 (+48.1%)	$585 → $591 (+1.0%)

Sanborn

Population

1,5821,510

Median household income

$48,750$56,477

Median home value

$95,800$150,900

Median gross rent

$595$881

Sutherland

Population

568570

Median household income

$50,197$53,393

Median home value

$57,100$86,900

Median gross rent

$585$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanborn	Sutherland
Under 5	6.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.5%
75 and over	19.8%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanborn	Sutherland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanborn	Sutherland
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanborn	Sutherland
Drove alone	84.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanborn	Sutherland
1-unit, detached	80.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Sanborn	Sutherland
Poverty rate	14.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1965	1938