Farmersburg vs Garnavillo

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

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

Garnavillo has the higher population (815 vs 364 in Farmersburg). Garnavillo has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $48,542 in Farmersburg). Garnavillo has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $79,000 in Farmersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
Population	364	815
Median age	34.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,542	$81,250
Median home value	$79,000	$117,200
Median gross rent	$675	$920
Housing units	173	380
Homeownership rate	85.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
Population	307 → 364 (+18.6%)	826 → 815 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$38,558 → $48,542 (+25.9%)	$53,295 → $81,250 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,000 (+12.9%)	$89,700 → $117,200 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $675 (+30.1%)	$619 → $920 (+48.6%)

Farmersburg

Population

307364

Median household income

$38,558$48,542

Median home value

$70,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$519$675

Garnavillo

Population

826815

Median household income

$53,295$81,250

Median home value

$89,700$117,200

Median gross rent

$619$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
Under 5	3.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	25.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.6%
75 and over	4.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	95.3%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
No high school diploma	10.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
Drove alone	85.7%	80.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	11.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
1-unit, detached	85.5%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Farmersburg	Garnavillo
Poverty rate	17.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	36	21
Median year structure built	1938	1959