Farnhamville vs Rockwell City

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

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

Rockwell City has the higher population (2,449 vs 417 in Farnhamville). Rockwell City has the higher median household income ($61,563 vs $55,000 in Farnhamville). Rockwell City has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $69,200 in Farnhamville).

Population, income & housing

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
Population	417	2,449
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$61,563
Median home value	$69,200	$91,300
Median gross rent	$754	$797
Housing units	191	876
Homeownership rate	74.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
Population	410 → 417 (+1.7%)	2,258 → 2,449 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $55,000 (+17.9%)	$46,023 → $61,563 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $69,200 (+39.2%)	$62,900 → $91,300 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $754 (+37.6%)	$608 → $797 (+31.1%)

Farnhamville

Population

410417

Median household income

$46,667$55,000

Median home value

$49,700$69,200

Median gross rent

$548$754

Rockwell City

Population

2,2582,449

Median household income

$46,023$61,563

Median home value

$62,900$91,300

Median gross rent

$608$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
Under 5	4.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	27.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	19.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.8%
75 and over	7.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	85.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
No high school diploma	2.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	57.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
Drove alone	81.8%	67.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
1-unit, detached	88.0%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Farnhamville	Rockwell City
Poverty rate	17.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1956	1958