Farragut vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Farragut and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sidney has the higher population (935 vs 397 in Farragut). Sidney has the higher median household income ($80,200 vs $65,938 in Farragut). Sidney has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $102,900 in Farragut).

Population, income & housing

	Farragut	Sidney
Population	397	935
Median age	45.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$80,200
Median home value	$102,900	$121,200
Median gross rent	$584	$636
Housing units	241	426
Homeownership rate	68.7%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farragut	Sidney
Population	434 → 397 (-8.5%)	1,067 → 935 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $65,938 (+57.5%)	$51,083 → $80,200 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $102,900 (+37.6%)	$102,200 → $121,200 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $584 (+16.8%)	$580 → $636 (+9.7%)

Farragut

Population

434397

Median household income

$41,875$65,938

Median home value

$74,800$102,900

Median gross rent

$500$584

Sidney

Population

1,067935

Median household income

$51,083$80,200

Median home value

$102,200$121,200

Median gross rent

$580$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farragut	Sidney
Under 5	3.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.5%
75 and over	10.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farragut	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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	6.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farragut	Sidney
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farragut	Sidney
Drove alone	80.2%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farragut	Sidney
1-unit, detached	83.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Farragut	Sidney
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.6%
Average household size	1.86	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1962	1966