Farley vs Peosta

A side-by-side comparison of Farley and Peosta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peosta has the higher population (1,922 vs 1,809 in Farley). Peosta has the higher median household income ($120,375 vs $96,563 in Farley). Peosta has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $242,600 in Farley).

Population, income & housing

	Farley	Peosta
Population	1,809	1,922
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,563	$120,375
Median home value	$242,600	$304,600
Median gross rent	$893	$1,031
Housing units	689	717
Homeownership rate	77.0%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farley	Peosta
Population	1,592 → 1,809 (+13.6%)	1,910 → 1,922 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $96,563 (+22.6%)	$91,563 → $120,375 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$160,500 → $242,600 (+51.2%)	$231,600 → $304,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $893 (+10.8%)	$560 → $1,031 (+84.1%)

Farley

Population

1,5921,809

Median household income

$78,750$96,563

Median home value

$160,500$242,600

Median gross rent

$806$893

Peosta

Population

1,9101,922

Median household income

$91,563$120,375

Median home value

$231,600$304,600

Median gross rent

$560$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farley	Peosta
Under 5	11.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	29.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.6%
75 and over	4.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farley	Peosta
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	93.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farley	Peosta
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farley	Peosta
Drove alone	82.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farley	Peosta
1-unit, detached	81.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Farley	Peosta
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.69	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1978	2006