Farmer City vs Wapella

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

Farmer City and Wapella 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 465 in Wapella). Farmer City has the higher median household income ($73,147 vs $59,375 in Wapella). Farmer City has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $101,800 in Wapella).

Population, income & housing

	Farmer City	Wapella
Population	2,001	465
Median age	40.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,147	$59,375
Median home value	$128,900	$101,800
Median gross rent	$500	$950
Housing units	862	236
Homeownership rate	85.3%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmer City	Wapella
Population	2,185 → 2,001 (-8.4%)	565 → 465 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$58,400 → $73,147 (+25.3%)	$58,667 → $59,375 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $128,900 (+15.0%)	$88,700 → $101,800 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $500 (-47.4%)	$678 → $950 (+40.1%)

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

Wapella

Population

565465

Median household income

$58,667$59,375

Median home value

$88,700$101,800

Median gross rent

$678$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmer City	Wapella
Under 5	4.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.5%
75 and over	8.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmer City	Wapella
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmer City	Wapella
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmer City	Wapella
Drove alone	92.6%	65.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmer City	Wapella
1-unit, detached	85.5%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmer City	Wapella
Poverty rate	9.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1959	1967