Farmersburg vs Volga

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

Farmersburg and Volga 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 255 in Volga). Volga has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $48,542 in Farmersburg). Farmersburg has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $78,000 in Volga).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersburg	Volga
Population	364	255
Median age	34.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,542	$58,750
Median home value	$79,000	$78,000
Median gross rent	$675	$779
Housing units	173	146
Homeownership rate	85.1%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersburg	Volga
Population	307 → 364 (+18.6%)	193 → 255 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$38,558 → $48,542 (+25.9%)	$49,375 → $58,750 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $79,000 (+12.9%)	$60,000 → $78,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $675 (+30.1%)	$692 → $779 (+12.6%)

Farmersburg

Population

307364

Median household income

$38,558$48,542

Median home value

$70,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$519$675

Volga

Population

193255

Median household income

$49,375$58,750

Median home value

$60,000$78,000

Median gross rent

$692$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmersburg	Volga
Under 5	3.3%	11.0%
5 to 17	25.3%	7.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	22.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.9%
75 and over	4.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersburg	Volga
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	12.9%
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	Volga
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	45.5%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersburg	Volga
Drove alone	85.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	29.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersburg	Volga
1-unit, detached	85.5%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmersburg	Volga
Poverty rate	17.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938