Sanborn vs Valley City

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

Sanborn and Valley City are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valley City has the higher population (6,554 vs 119 in Sanborn). Sanborn has the higher median household income ($80,357 vs $56,471 in Valley City). Valley City has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $50,000 in Sanborn).

Population, income & housing

	Sanborn	Valley City
Population	119	6,554
Median age	59.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,357	$56,471
Median home value	$50,000	$152,800
Median gross rent	—	$782
Housing units	61	3,255
Homeownership rate	82.1%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanborn	Valley City
Population	177 → 119 (-32.8%)	6,460 → 6,554 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$68,958 → $80,357 (+16.5%)	$46,926 → $56,471 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $50,000 (-16.7%)	$133,600 → $152,800 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $715 (+5.9%)	$677 → $782 (+15.5%)

Sanborn

Population

177119

Median household income

$68,958$80,357

Median home value

$60,000$50,000

Median gross rent

$675$715

Valley City

Population

6,4606,554

Median household income

$46,926$56,471

Median home value

$133,600$152,800

Median gross rent

$677$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sanborn	Valley City
Under 5	2.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	4.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	14.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	3.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	35.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	19.3%	9.9%
75 and over	5.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanborn	Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanborn	Valley City
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanborn	Valley City
Drove alone	86.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanborn	Valley City
1-unit, detached	88.5%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.3%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Sanborn	Valley City
Poverty rate	4.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1958	1966