Sanborn vs Vesta

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

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

Sanborn has the higher population (328 vs 311 in Vesta). Vesta has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $43,438 in Sanborn). Vesta has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $58,800 in Sanborn).

Population, income & housing

	Sanborn	Vesta
Population	328	311
Median age	52.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,438	$67,500
Median home value	$58,800	$104,300
Median gross rent	$99	—
Housing units	191	131
Homeownership rate	91.7%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanborn	Vesta
Population	361 → 328 (-9.1%)	288 → 311 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$48,068 → $43,438 (-9.6%)	$47,083 → $67,500 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $58,800 (+22.2%)	$67,100 → $104,300 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $99 (-77.0%)	—

Sanborn

Population

361328

Median household income

$48,068$43,438

Median home value

$48,100$58,800

Median gross rent

$430$99

Vesta

Population

288311

Median household income

$47,083$67,500

Median home value

$67,100$104,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanborn	Vesta
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	25.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	5.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	24.8%
45 to 54	18.0%	4.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	18.6%	6.4%
75 and over	8.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanborn	Vesta
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanborn	Vesta
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	38.1%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanborn	Vesta
Drove alone	84.4%	89.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanborn	Vesta
1-unit, detached	86.9%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Sanborn	Vesta
Poverty rate	18.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1941	1960