Barnesville vs Sabin

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesville and Sabin: population, income, housing, and more.

Barnesville and Sabin are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barnesville has the higher population (2,757 vs 657 in Sabin). Sabin has the higher median household income ($123,750 vs $83,333 in Barnesville). Sabin has the higher median home value ($247,300 vs $218,300 in Barnesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesville	Sabin
Population	2,757	657
Median age	34.5 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$123,750
Median home value	$218,300	$247,300
Median gross rent	$862	—
Housing units	1,076	222
Homeownership rate	82.1%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesville	Sabin
Population	2,582 → 2,757 (+6.8%)	622 → 657 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$72,177 → $83,333 (+15.5%)	$86,583 → $123,750 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $218,300 (+35.5%)	$184,700 → $247,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $862 (+18.4%)	—

Barnesville

Population

2,5822,757

Median household income

$72,177$83,333

Median home value

$161,100$218,300

Median gross rent

$728$862

Sabin

Population

622657

Median household income

$86,583$123,750

Median home value

$184,700$247,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesville	Sabin
Under 5	3.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	27.0%	28.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	19.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	7.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.2%
75 and over	7.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesville	Sabin
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.6%
Asian	2.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesville	Sabin
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	20.7%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesville	Sabin
Drove alone	76.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesville	Sabin
1-unit, detached	82.2%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Barnesville	Sabin
Poverty rate	6.4%	1.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1976	1974