Sanborn vs Walnut Grove

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

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

Walnut Grove has the higher population (719 vs 328 in Sanborn). Walnut Grove has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $43,438 in Sanborn). Walnut Grove has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $58,800 in Sanborn).

Population, income & housing

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
Population	328	719
Median age	52.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,438	$59,583
Median home value	$58,800	$81,000
Median gross rent	$99	$575
Housing units	191	380
Homeownership rate	91.7%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
Population	361 → 328 (-9.1%)	687 → 719 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$48,068 → $43,438 (-9.6%)	$41,250 → $59,583 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $58,800 (+22.2%)	$51,100 → $81,000 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $99 (-77.0%)	$498 → $575 (+15.5%)

Sanborn

Population

361328

Median household income

$48,068$43,438

Median home value

$48,100$58,800

Median gross rent

$430$99

Walnut Grove

Population

687719

Median household income

$41,250$59,583

Median home value

$51,100$81,000

Median gross rent

$498$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
Under 5	5.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	17.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	4.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	18.6%	14.3%
75 and over	8.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	42.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	46.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	7.8%	17.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	84.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	86.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Sanborn	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	18.3%	25.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1941	1967