Photo: Joseph Gage from Yorkville, IL, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Sanborn works elsewhere
Sanborn has 46 jobs; 141 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Sanborn; the top destination outside it is Lamberton (26%, 7 miles). 7% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Sanborn by day
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Sanborn on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Sanborn: the destinations
Where Sanborn clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Sanborn: what the 46 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sanborn, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 46. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sanborn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Sanborn takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sanborn workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Sanborn
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Sanborn and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Charlestown Township (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sanborn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanborn | – | — | — | 22 min | $48,750 |
| Charlestown Township | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Charlestown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sanborn’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sanborn: questions
What is the median household income in Sanborn?
$48,750 (±$16,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sanborn?
15.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sanborn?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sanborn work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lamberton (26%, 7 mi), Lamberton Township (6%, 8 mi), Redwood Falls (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sanborn without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sanborn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sanborn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.