Farmington vs Prairie Grove

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

Farmington and Prairie Grove 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 7,445 in Prairie Grove). Farmington has the higher median household income ($88,541 vs $58,556 in Prairie Grove). Farmington has the higher median home value ($249,900 vs $226,800 in Prairie Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
Population	8,469	7,445
Median age	32.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,541	$58,556
Median home value	$249,900	$226,800
Median gross rent	$1,223	$933
Housing units	3,054	2,852
Homeownership rate	73.7%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
Population	6,992 → 8,469 (+21.1%)	5,845 → 7,445 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$57,586 → $88,541 (+53.8%)	$62,807 → $58,556 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $249,900 (+41.5%)	$152,700 → $226,800 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,223 (+30.2%)	$751 → $933 (+24.2%)

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

Prairie Grove

Population

5,8457,445

Median household income

$62,807$58,556

Median home value

$152,700$226,800

Median gross rent

$751$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
Under 5	8.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	7.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	6.7%
75 and over	6.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	75.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	17.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	32.9%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
Drove alone	78.9%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.8%
Other means	6.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
1-unit, detached	80.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Prairie Grove
Poverty rate	3.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1998	1999