Lamberton vs Sanborn

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

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

Lamberton has the higher population (864 vs 328 in Sanborn). Lamberton has the higher median household income ($59,330 vs $43,438 in Sanborn). Lamberton has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $58,800 in Sanborn).

Population, income & housing

	Lamberton	Sanborn
Population	864	328
Median age	40.0 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,330	$43,438
Median home value	$87,000	$58,800
Median gross rent	$770	$99
Housing units	402	191
Homeownership rate	79.5%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamberton	Sanborn
Population	766 → 864 (+12.8%)	361 → 328 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$53,667 → $59,330 (+10.6%)	$48,068 → $43,438 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $87,000 (+45.0%)	$48,100 → $58,800 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $770 (+26.9%)	$430 → $99 (-77.0%)

Lamberton

Population

766864

Median household income

$53,667$59,330

Median home value

$60,000$87,000

Median gross rent

$607$770

Sanborn

Population

361328

Median household income

$48,068$43,438

Median home value

$48,100$58,800

Median gross rent

$430$99

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamberton	Sanborn
Under 5	7.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	18.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	18.6%
75 and over	12.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamberton	Sanborn
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	86.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamberton	Sanborn
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamberton	Sanborn
Drove alone	67.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	6.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamberton	Sanborn
1-unit, detached	84.8%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Lamberton	Sanborn
Poverty rate	8.0%	18.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1952	1941