Rapids vs Sanborn

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

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

Rapids has the higher population (1,562 vs 1,466 in Sanborn). Rapids has the higher median household income ($103,482 vs $81,620 in Sanborn). Rapids has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $198,500 in Sanborn).

Population, income & housing

	Rapids	Sanborn
Population	1,562	1,466
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,482	$81,620
Median home value	$275,700	$198,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,068
Housing units	646	535
Homeownership rate	91.6%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rapids	Sanborn
Population	1,014 → 1,562 (+54.0%)	987 → 1,466 (+48.5%)
Median household income	$90,862 → $103,482 (+13.9%)	$50,365 → $81,620 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $275,700 (+47.5%)	$127,000 → $198,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $1,068 (+37.8%)

Rapids

Population

1,0141,562

Median household income

$90,862$103,482

Median home value

$186,900$275,700

Sanborn

Population

9871,466

Median household income

$50,365$81,620

Median home value

$127,000$198,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rapids	Sanborn
Under 5	4.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	17.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	23.0%	19.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.8%
75 and over	6.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rapids	Sanborn
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rapids	Sanborn
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	26.2%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rapids	Sanborn
Drove alone	81.6%	65.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rapids	Sanborn
1-unit, detached	78.3%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rapids	Sanborn
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1989	1965