Avon vs Farmington

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

Avon 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 670 in Avon). Farmington has the higher median household income ($64,313 vs $45,500 in Avon). Farmington has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $60,000 in Avon).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Farmington
Population	670	1,990
Median age	43.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,500	$64,313
Median home value	$60,000	$99,300
Median gross rent	$750	$877
Housing units	392	930
Homeownership rate	82.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Farmington
Population	614 → 670 (+9.1%)	2,374 → 1,990 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$44,615 → $45,500 (+2.0%)	$51,750 → $64,313 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $60,000 (+17.2%)	$85,300 → $99,300 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $750 (+30.9%)	$843 → $877 (+4.0%)

Avon

Population

614670

Median household income

$44,615$45,500

Median home value

$51,200$60,000

Median gross rent

$573$750

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)

	Avon	Farmington
Under 5	6.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.7%
75 and over	9.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Farmington
No high school diploma	18.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	30.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Farmington
Drove alone	82.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Farmington
1-unit, detached	87.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Farmington
Poverty rate	25.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1950	1951