Farmer City vs Kenney

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

Farmer City and Kenney 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 349 in Kenney). Kenney has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $73,147 in Farmer City). Farmer City has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $76,700 in Kenney).

Population, income & housing

	Farmer City	Kenney
Population	2,001	349
Median age	40.9 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,147	$75,313
Median home value	$128,900	$76,700
Median gross rent	$500	$817
Housing units	862	231
Homeownership rate	85.3%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmer City	Kenney
Population	2,185 → 2,001 (-8.4%)	391 → 349 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$58,400 → $73,147 (+25.3%)	$53,839 → $75,313 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $128,900 (+15.0%)	$66,000 → $76,700 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $500 (-47.4%)	$638 → $817 (+28.1%)

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

Kenney

Population

391349

Median household income

$53,839$75,313

Median home value

$66,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$638$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmer City	Kenney
Under 5	4.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	8.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	23.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.9%
75 and over	8.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmer City	Kenney
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmer City	Kenney
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	62.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmer City	Kenney
Drove alone	92.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmer City	Kenney
1-unit, detached	85.5%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmer City	Kenney
Poverty rate	9.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.54	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1959	1946