Hawley vs Sabin

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

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

Hawley has the higher population (2,086 vs 657 in Sabin). Sabin has the higher median household income ($123,750 vs $92,017 in Hawley). Hawley has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $247,300 in Sabin).

Population, income & housing

	Hawley	Sabin
Population	2,086	657
Median age	36.7 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,017	$123,750
Median home value	$265,500	$247,300
Median gross rent	$742	—
Housing units	859	222
Homeownership rate	69.3%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawley	Sabin
Population	2,143 → 2,086 (-2.7%)	622 → 657 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$75,264 → $92,017 (+22.3%)	$86,583 → $123,750 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$166,700 → $265,500 (+59.3%)	$184,700 → $247,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $742 (-12.6%)	—

Hawley

Population

2,1432,086

Median household income

$75,264$92,017

Median home value

$166,700$265,500

Median gross rent

$849$742

Sabin

Population

622657

Median household income

$86,583$123,750

Median home value

$184,700$247,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawley	Sabin
Under 5	8.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.8%	28.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	2.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	19.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	8.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.2%
75 and over	8.2%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawley	Sabin
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawley	Sabin
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	32.2%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawley	Sabin
Drove alone	77.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawley	Sabin
1-unit, detached	65.3%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Hawley	Sabin
Poverty rate	5.7%	1.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1980	1974