Farnhamville vs Knierim

A side-by-side comparison of Farnhamville and Knierim: population, income, housing, and more.

Farnhamville and Knierim are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farnhamville has the higher population (417 vs 83 in Knierim). Knierim has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $55,000 in Farnhamville). Since 2019, Knierim's population has grown faster (+84.4% vs +1.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Farnhamville	Knierim
Population	417	83
Median age	38.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$85,313
Median home value	$69,200	—
Median gross rent	$754	—
Housing units	191	40
Homeownership rate	74.7%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farnhamville	Knierim
Population	410 → 417 (+1.7%)	45 → 83 (+84.4%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $55,000 (+17.9%)	$47,917 → $85,313 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $69,200 (+39.2%)	$42,500 → $71,300 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $754 (+37.6%)	—

Farnhamville

Population

410417

Median household income

$46,667$55,000

Median home value

$49,700$69,200

Median gross rent

$548$754

Knierim

Population

4583

Median household income

$47,917$85,313

Median home value

$42,500$71,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farnhamville	Knierim
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.1%	27.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	3.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	22.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	16.9%
75 and over	7.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farnhamville	Knierim
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	98.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farnhamville	Knierim
No high school diploma	2.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	57.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farnhamville	Knierim
Drove alone	81.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farnhamville	Knierim
1-unit, detached	88.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farnhamville	Knierim
Poverty rate	17.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1956	1938