Farmer City vs Weldon

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

Farmer City and Weldon 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 323 in Weldon). Farmer City has the higher median household income ($73,147 vs $60,083 in Weldon). Farmer City has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $89,300 in Weldon).

Population, income & housing

	Farmer City	Weldon
Population	2,001	323
Median age	40.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,147	$60,083
Median home value	$128,900	$89,300
Median gross rent	$500	$936
Housing units	862	149
Homeownership rate	85.3%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmer City	Weldon
Population	2,185 → 2,001 (-8.4%)	389 → 323 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$58,400 → $73,147 (+25.3%)	$41,442 → $60,083 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $128,900 (+15.0%)	$66,700 → $89,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $500 (-47.4%)	$778 → $936 (+20.3%)

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

Weldon

Population

389323

Median household income

$41,442$60,083

Median home value

$66,700$89,300

Median gross rent

$778$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmer City	Weldon
Under 5	4.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.6%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmer City	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	96.6%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmer City	Weldon
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmer City	Weldon
Drove alone	92.6%	91.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmer City	Weldon
1-unit, detached	85.5%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
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%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmer City	Weldon
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1959	1956