Farmington vs Lewistown

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

Farmington and Lewistown 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 1,828 in Lewistown). Farmington has the higher median household income ($64,313 vs $49,022 in Lewistown). Farmington has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $84,600 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Lewistown
Population	1,990	1,828
Median age	34.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,313	$49,022
Median home value	$99,300	$84,600
Median gross rent	$877	$683
Housing units	930	1,042
Homeownership rate	69.7%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Lewistown
Population	2,374 → 1,990 (-16.2%)	2,316 → 1,828 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $64,313 (+24.3%)	$52,096 → $49,022 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $99,300 (+16.4%)	$81,600 → $84,600 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $877 (+4.0%)	$570 → $683 (+19.8%)

Farmington

Population

2,3741,990

Median household income

$51,750$64,313

Median home value

$85,300$99,300

Median gross rent

$843$877

Lewistown

Population

2,3161,828

Median household income

$52,096$49,022

Median home value

$81,600$84,600

Median gross rent

$570$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Lewistown
Under 5	6.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	22.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.7%
75 and over	6.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Lewistown
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.2%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Lewistown
Drove alone	85.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	84.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Lewistown
Poverty rate	8.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.49	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1951	1962