Elkins vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Elkins and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkins and Farmington are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmington has the higher population (8,469 vs 3,710 in Elkins). Farmington has the higher median household income ($88,541 vs $81,111 in Elkins). Farmington has the higher median home value ($249,900 vs $190,100 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Farmington
Population	3,710	8,469
Median age	32.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$88,541
Median home value	$190,100	$249,900
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,223
Housing units	1,440	3,054
Homeownership rate	84.4%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Farmington
Population	3,139 → 3,710 (+18.2%)	6,992 → 8,469 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$65,182 → $81,111 (+24.4%)	$57,586 → $88,541 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $190,100 (+36.3%)	$176,600 → $249,900 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,293 (+26.0%)	$939 → $1,223 (+30.2%)

Elkins

Population

3,1393,710

Median household income

$65,182$81,111

Median home value

$139,500$190,100

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,293

Farmington

Population

6,9928,469

Median household income

$57,586$88,541

Median home value

$176,600$249,900

Median gross rent

$939$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Farmington
Under 5	8.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	4.3%	5.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Farmington
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Farmington
Drove alone	85.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Farmington
1-unit, detached	88.8%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Farmington
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2002	1998