Miner County vs Sanborn County

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

Miner 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 2,299 in Miner County). Miner County has the higher median household income ($72,589 vs $69,870 in Sanborn County). Sanborn County has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $114,100 in Miner County).

Population, income & housing

	Miner County	Sanborn County
Population	2,299	2,370
Median age	48.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,589	$69,870
Median home value	$114,100	$138,500
Median gross rent	$563	$717
Housing units	1,210	1,134
Homeownership rate	82.3%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miner County	Sanborn County
Population	2,211 → 2,299 (+4.0%)	2,379 → 2,370 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,910 → $72,589 (+37.2%)	$56,875 → $69,870 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $114,100 (+48.2%)	$87,600 → $138,500 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $563 (-6.6%)	$601 → $717 (+19.3%)

Miner County

Population

2,2112,299

Median household income

$52,910$72,589

Median home value

$77,000$114,100

Median gross rent

$603$563

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)

	Miner County	Sanborn County
Under 5	4.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.2%
75 and over	10.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miner County	Sanborn County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miner County	Sanborn County
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	43.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miner County	Sanborn County
Drove alone	73.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	17.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miner County	Sanborn County
1-unit, detached	90.8%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Miner County	Sanborn County
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1954	1952