Farnhamville vs Lake City

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

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

Lake City has the higher population (1,652 vs 417 in Farnhamville). Lake City has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $55,000 in Farnhamville). Lake City has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $69,200 in Farnhamville).

Population, income & housing

	Farnhamville	Lake City
Population	417	1,652
Median age	38.1 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$64,375
Median home value	$69,200	$103,300
Median gross rent	$754	$761
Housing units	191	739
Homeownership rate	74.7%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farnhamville	Lake City
Population	410 → 417 (+1.7%)	1,764 → 1,652 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $55,000 (+17.9%)	$46,853 → $64,375 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $69,200 (+39.2%)	$81,200 → $103,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $754 (+37.6%)	$595 → $761 (+27.9%)

Farnhamville

Population

410417

Median household income

$46,667$55,000

Median home value

$49,700$69,200

Median gross rent

$548$754

Lake City

Population

1,7641,652

Median household income

$46,853$64,375

Median home value

$81,200$103,300

Median gross rent

$595$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farnhamville	Lake City
Under 5	4.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	27.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.7%
75 and over	7.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farnhamville	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farnhamville	Lake City
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	57.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farnhamville	Lake City
Drove alone	81.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	7.7%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farnhamville	Lake City
1-unit, detached	88.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Farnhamville	Lake City
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1956	1956