Farmersburg vs Marquette

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

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

Marquette has the higher population (432 vs 364 in Farmersburg). Farmersburg has the higher median household income ($48,542 vs $38,125 in Marquette). Marquette has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $79,000 in Farmersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersburg	Marquette
Population	364	432
Median age	34.7 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,542	$38,125
Median home value	$79,000	$137,000
Median gross rent	$675	$696
Housing units	173	280
Homeownership rate	85.1%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersburg	Marquette
Population	307 → 364 (+18.6%)	396 → 432 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$38,558 → $48,542 (+25.9%)	$42,143 → $38,125 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,000 (+12.9%)	$107,500 → $137,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $675 (+30.1%)	$575 → $696 (+21.0%)

Farmersburg

Population

307364

Median household income

$38,558$48,542

Median home value

$70,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$519$675

Marquette

Population

396432

Median household income

$42,143$38,125

Median home value

$107,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$575$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmersburg	Marquette
Under 5	3.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	25.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	22.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.6%
75 and over	4.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersburg	Marquette
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmersburg	Marquette
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	45.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersburg	Marquette
Drove alone	85.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersburg	Marquette
1-unit, detached	85.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Farmersburg	Marquette
Poverty rate	17.0%	19.7%
Average household size	2.26	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	36	13
Median year structure built	1938	1976