Faulk County vs Sanborn County

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

Faulk County and Sanborn County are counties in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sanborn County has the higher population (2,370 vs 2,137 in Faulk County). Sanborn County has the higher median household income ($69,870 vs $58,000 in Faulk County). Sanborn County has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $124,100 in Faulk County).

Population, income & housing

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
Population	2,137	2,370
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$69,870
Median home value	$124,100	$138,500
Median gross rent	$692	$717
Housing units	1,080	1,134
Homeownership rate	81.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
Population	2,312 → 2,137 (-7.6%)	2,379 → 2,370 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$55,096 → $58,000 (+5.3%)	$56,875 → $69,870 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $124,100 (+45.8%)	$87,600 → $138,500 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $692 (+4.8%)	$601 → $717 (+19.3%)

Faulk County

Population

2,3122,137

Median household income

$55,096$58,000

Median home value

$85,100$124,100

Median gross rent

$660$692

Sanborn County

Population

2,3792,370

Median household income

$56,875$69,870

Median home value

$87,600$138,500

Median gross rent

$601$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
Under 5	4.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	6.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.2%
75 and over	13.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
No high school diploma	7.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	30.1%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
Drove alone	68.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	17.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
1-unit, detached	83.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Faulk County	Sanborn County
Poverty rate	25.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1960	1952