Sanborn vs Wabasso

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

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

Wabasso has the higher population (598 vs 328 in Sanborn). Wabasso has the higher median household income ($63,900 vs $43,438 in Sanborn). Wabasso has the higher median home value ($105,100 vs $58,800 in Sanborn).

Population, income & housing

	Sanborn	Wabasso
Population	328	598
Median age	52.2 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,438	$63,900
Median home value	$58,800	$105,100
Median gross rent	$99	$633
Housing units	191	273
Homeownership rate	91.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanborn	Wabasso
Population	361 → 328 (-9.1%)	765 → 598 (-21.8%)
Median household income	$48,068 → $43,438 (-9.6%)	$51,375 → $63,900 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $58,800 (+22.2%)	$92,500 → $105,100 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $99 (-77.0%)	$584 → $633 (+8.4%)

Sanborn

Population

361328

Median household income

$48,068$43,438

Median home value

$48,100$58,800

Median gross rent

$430$99

Wabasso

Population

765598

Median household income

$51,375$63,900

Median home value

$92,500$105,100

Median gross rent

$584$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanborn	Wabasso
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	23.9%
65 to 74	18.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanborn	Wabasso
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanborn	Wabasso
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanborn	Wabasso
Drove alone	84.4%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	15.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanborn	Wabasso
1-unit, detached	86.9%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sanborn	Wabasso
Poverty rate	18.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1941	1970