Astoria vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Astoria and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmington has the higher population (1,990 vs 1,094 in Astoria). Farmington has the higher median household income ($64,313 vs $49,345 in Astoria). Farmington has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $63,700 in Astoria).

Population, income & housing

	Astoria	Farmington
Population	1,094	1,990
Median age	31.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,345	$64,313
Median home value	$63,700	$99,300
Median gross rent	$668	$877
Housing units	616	930
Homeownership rate	70.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Astoria	Farmington
Population	993 → 1,094 (+10.2%)	2,374 → 1,990 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$36,685 → $49,345 (+34.5%)	$51,750 → $64,313 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $63,700 (+32.7%)	$85,300 → $99,300 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $668 (+57.2%)	$843 → $877 (+4.0%)

Astoria

Population

9931,094

Median household income

$36,685$49,345

Median home value

$48,000$63,700

Median gross rent

$425$668

Farmington

Population

2,3741,990

Median household income

$51,750$64,313

Median home value

$85,300$99,300

Median gross rent

$843$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Astoria	Farmington
Under 5	8.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.7%
75 and over	5.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Astoria	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Astoria	Farmington
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Astoria	Farmington
Drove alone	69.7%	85.2%
Carpooled	15.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.5%	1.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Astoria	Farmington
1-unit, detached	86.7%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Astoria	Farmington
Poverty rate	14.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1963	1951