Farmersburg vs Garber

A side-by-side comparison of Farmersburg and Garber: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmersburg has the higher population (364 vs 129 in Garber). Garber has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $48,542 in Farmersburg). Farmersburg has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $67,500 in Garber).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersburg	Garber
Population	364	129
Median age	34.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,542	$49,000
Median home value	$79,000	$67,500
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	173	60
Homeownership rate	85.1%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersburg	Garber
Population	307 → 364 (+18.6%)	117 → 129 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$38,558 → $48,542 (+25.9%)	$52,750 → $49,000 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,000 (+12.9%)	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $675 (+30.1%)	$475 → $430 (-9.5%)

Farmersburg

Population

307364

Median household income

$38,558$48,542

Median home value

$70,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$519$675

Garber

Population

117129

Median household income

$52,750$49,000

Median home value

$59,000$67,500

Median gross rent

$475$430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmersburg	Garber
Under 5	3.3%	25.6%
5 to 17	25.3%	5.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.8%
75 and over	4.1%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersburg	Garber
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmersburg	Garber
No high school diploma	10.5%	24.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersburg	Garber
Drove alone	85.7%	89.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersburg	Garber
1-unit, detached	85.5%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Farmersburg	Garber
Poverty rate	17.0%	21.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938