Farmersburg vs Osterdock

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

Farmersburg and Osterdock 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 144 in Osterdock). Osterdock has the higher median household income ($49,185 vs $48,542 in Farmersburg). Since 2019, Osterdock's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs +18.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
Population	364	144
Median age	34.7 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,542	$49,185
Median home value	$79,000	—
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	173	52
Homeownership rate	85.1%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	44.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
Population	307 → 364 (+18.6%)	83 → 144 (+73.5%)
Median household income	$38,558 → $48,542 (+25.9%)	$51,250 → $49,185 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,000 (+12.9%)	$155,000 → $76,100 (-50.9%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $675 (+30.1%)	—

Farmersburg

Population

307364

Median household income

$38,558$48,542

Median home value

$70,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$519$675

Osterdock

Population

83144

Median household income

$51,250$49,185

Median home value

$155,000$76,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
Under 5	3.3%	13.2%
5 to 17	25.3%	4.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	1.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	24.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	29.9%
75 and over	4.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
No high school diploma	10.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	45.5%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
Drove alone	85.7%	60.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
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%	40.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
1-unit, detached	85.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmersburg	Osterdock
Poverty rate	17.0%	40.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938