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Sanborn, Iowa
Sanborn is a city in O'Brien County, Iowa with an estimated 1,463 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 213th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,463
- #213 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +4.9%
- +68 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 778 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Sanborn population, 2020 to 2024
Sanborn added 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +14.
Sanborn covers 1.88 square miles of land, for 778 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Sanborn is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sanborn is in
All of Sanborn's residents live in O'Brien County, which had 14,260 residents in 2024. Sanborn holds 10.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sanborn
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sanborn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51248. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Sanborn is
The Census internal point of Sanborn is at 43.181400, -95.655300. Des Moines, the capital, is 151.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hartley, IA (1,584 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 59.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.181400, -95.655300
- DMS
- 43°10'53.04"N 95°39'19.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 284203.6E 4784382.4N
- Geohash
- 9zevxkcvv
- Plus code
- 86M658JV+HV
Daylight in Sanborn
At 43.18° N, Sanborn gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sanborn
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Hartley, 9.0 miles away, with 1,584 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sanborn, IA?
1,463 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 68 (4.9%) from 1,395 in July 2020.
What county is Sanborn in?
O'Brien County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sanborn?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51248.
How far is Sanborn from Des Moines?
151.8 miles (244.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Sanborn.
What is the nearest larger city to Sanborn?
Hartley, IA, with 1,584 residents, 9.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.