Farina vs Vandalia

A side-by-side comparison of Farina and Vandalia: population, income, housing, and more.

Farina and Vandalia are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vandalia has the higher population (6,041 vs 606 in Farina). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($43,184 vs $42,098 in Farina). Vandalia has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $71,400 in Farina).

Population, income & housing

	Farina	Vandalia
Population	606	6,041
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,098	$43,184
Median home value	$71,400	$88,800
Median gross rent	$722	$738
Housing units	234	2,383
Homeownership rate	83.4%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farina	Vandalia
Population	612 → 606 (-1.0%)	6,909 → 6,041 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $42,098 (+3.9%)	$36,395 → $43,184 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $71,400 (+8.3%)	$83,700 → $88,800 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$236 → $722 (+205.9%)	$625 → $738 (+18.1%)

Farina

Population

612606

Median household income

$40,500$42,098

Median home value

$65,900$71,400

Median gross rent

$236$722

Vandalia

Population

6,9096,041

Median household income

$36,395$43,184

Median home value

$83,700$88,800

Median gross rent

$625$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farina	Vandalia
Under 5	6.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	9.6%
18 to 24	17.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	17.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.7%
75 and over	11.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farina	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farina	Vandalia
No high school diploma	24.0%	15.1%
High school graduate	39.7%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farina	Vandalia
Drove alone	89.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farina	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	85.5%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Farina	Vandalia
Poverty rate	16.5%	22.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1959	1954