Farnhamville vs Pomeroy

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

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

Pomeroy has the higher population (568 vs 417 in Farnhamville). Pomeroy has the higher median household income ($55,069 vs $55,000 in Farnhamville). Pomeroy has the higher median home value ($70,600 vs $69,200 in Farnhamville).

Population, income & housing

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
Population	417	568
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$55,069
Median home value	$69,200	$70,600
Median gross rent	$754	$681
Housing units	191	341
Homeownership rate	74.7%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
Population	410 → 417 (+1.7%)	506 → 568 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $55,000 (+17.9%)	$43,750 → $55,069 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $69,200 (+39.2%)	$53,600 → $70,600 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $754 (+37.6%)	$553 → $681 (+23.1%)

Farnhamville

Population

410417

Median household income

$46,667$55,000

Median home value

$49,700$69,200

Median gross rent

$548$754

Pomeroy

Population

506568

Median household income

$43,750$55,069

Median home value

$53,600$70,600

Median gross rent

$553$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
Under 5	4.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	27.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.2%
75 and over	7.7%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	57.2%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
Drove alone	81.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
1-unit, detached	88.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Farnhamville	Pomeroy
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1956	1962