Farmington vs Tontitown

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

Farmington and Tontitown 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 5,739 in Tontitown). Farmington has the higher median household income ($88,541 vs $80,987 in Tontitown). Tontitown has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $249,900 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Tontitown
Population	8,469	5,739
Median age	32.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,541	$80,987
Median home value	$249,900	$394,200
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,219
Housing units	3,054	2,355
Homeownership rate	73.7%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Tontitown
Population	6,992 → 8,469 (+21.1%)	3,677 → 5,739 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$57,586 → $88,541 (+53.8%)	$73,009 → $80,987 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $249,900 (+41.5%)	$265,300 → $394,200 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,223 (+30.2%)	$1,092 → $1,219 (+11.6%)

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

Tontitown

Population

3,6775,739

Median household income

$73,009$80,987

Median home value

$265,300$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Tontitown
Under 5	8.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	13.1%
75 and over	6.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Tontitown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	74.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Tontitown
No high school diploma	5.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.9%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Tontitown
Drove alone	78.9%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	16.4%
Other means	6.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Tontitown
1-unit, detached	80.0%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Tontitown
Poverty rate	3.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1998	1998