Farmer City vs Waynesville

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

Farmer City and Waynesville 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 348 in Waynesville). Farmer City has the higher median household income ($73,147 vs $64,583 in Waynesville). Farmer City has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $86,200 in Waynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Farmer City	Waynesville
Population	2,001	348
Median age	40.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,147	$64,583
Median home value	$128,900	$86,200
Median gross rent	$500	—
Housing units	862	180
Homeownership rate	85.3%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmer City	Waynesville
Population	2,185 → 2,001 (-8.4%)	410 → 348 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$58,400 → $73,147 (+25.3%)	$62,250 → $64,583 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $128,900 (+15.0%)	$73,700 → $86,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $500 (-47.4%)	$730 → $596 (-18.4%)

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

Waynesville

Population

410348

Median household income

$62,250$64,583

Median home value

$73,700$86,200

Median gross rent

$730$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmer City	Waynesville
Under 5	4.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	23.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	17.5%
75 and over	8.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmer City	Waynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmer City	Waynesville
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmer City	Waynesville
Drove alone	92.6%	93.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmer City	Waynesville
1-unit, detached	85.5%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.2%
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%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Farmer City	Waynesville
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1959	1956