Clinton vs Farmer City

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Farmer City: population, income, housing, and more.

Clinton and Farmer City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clinton has the higher population (7,012 vs 2,001 in Farmer City). Farmer City has the higher median household income ($73,147 vs $55,960 in Clinton). Farmer City has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $101,200 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Farmer City
Population	7,012	2,001
Median age	39.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,960	$73,147
Median home value	$101,200	$128,900
Median gross rent	$916	$500
Housing units	3,492	862
Homeownership rate	64.0%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Farmer City
Population	7,062 → 7,012 (-0.7%)	2,185 → 2,001 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$46,923 → $55,960 (+19.3%)	$58,400 → $73,147 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $101,200 (+23.3%)	$112,100 → $128,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $916 (+62.7%)	$950 → $500 (-47.4%)

Clinton

Population

7,0627,012

Median household income

$46,923$55,960

Median home value

$82,100$101,200

Median gross rent

$563$916

Farmer City

Population

2,1852,001

Median household income

$58,400$73,147

Median home value

$112,100$128,900

Median gross rent

$950$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Farmer City
Under 5	8.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.5%
75 and over	9.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Farmer City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Farmer City
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	38.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Farmer City
Drove alone	80.1%	92.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Farmer City
1-unit, detached	79.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Farmer City
Poverty rate	16.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1955	1959