Moorhead vs Sabin

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

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

Moorhead has the higher population (44,706 vs 657 in Sabin). Sabin has the higher median household income ($123,750 vs $69,371 in Moorhead). Sabin has the higher median home value ($247,300 vs $246,300 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Moorhead	Sabin
Population	44,706	657
Median age	31.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,371	$123,750
Median home value	$246,300	$247,300
Median gross rent	$1,017	—
Housing units	18,852	222
Homeownership rate	58.7%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorhead	Sabin
Population	42,939 → 44,706 (+4.1%)	622 → 657 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$60,315 → $69,371 (+15.0%)	$86,583 → $123,750 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $246,300 (+26.6%)	$184,700 → $247,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,017 (+14.9%)	—

Moorhead

Population

42,93944,706

Median household income

$60,315$69,371

Median home value

$194,600$246,300

Median gross rent

$885$1,017

Sabin

Population

622657

Median household income

$86,583$123,750

Median home value

$184,700$247,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorhead	Sabin
Under 5	6.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	28.8%
18 to 24	18.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	19.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.2%
75 and over	5.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorhead	Sabin
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	5.6%
Asian	2.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorhead	Sabin
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	20.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorhead	Sabin
Drove alone	74.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	8.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorhead	Sabin
1-unit, detached	52.0%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Moorhead	Sabin
Poverty rate	17.7%	1.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1983	1974