De Witt vs Farmer City

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

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

Farmer City has the higher population (2,001 vs 168 in De Witt). De Witt has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $73,147 in Farmer City). Farmer City has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $93,500 in De Witt).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Farmer City
Population	168	2,001
Median age	41.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$73,147
Median home value	$93,500	$128,900
Median gross rent	—	$500
Housing units	110	862
Homeownership rate	88.9%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Farmer City
Population	215 → 168 (-21.9%)	2,185 → 2,001 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$54,211 → $78,750 (+45.3%)	$58,400 → $73,147 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $93,500 (+10.7%)	$112,100 → $128,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $825 (+32.0%)	$950 → $500 (-47.4%)

De Witt

Population

215168

Median household income

$54,211$78,750

Median home value

$84,500$93,500

Median gross rent

$625$825

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)

	De Witt	Farmer City
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	28.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	1.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	20.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Farmer City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Farmer City
No high school diploma	12.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	54.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Farmer City
Drove alone	96.3%	92.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Farmer City
1-unit, detached	49.1%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Farmer City
Poverty rate	4.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	56	25
Median year structure built	1976	1959