Birmingham vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Birmingham and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmington has the higher population (531 vs 479 in Birmingham). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($58,688 vs $54,643 in Farmington). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($97,300 vs $63,600 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Farmington
Population	479	531
Median age	51.6 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,688	$54,643
Median home value	$97,300	$63,600
Median gross rent	$442	$692
Housing units	255	319
Homeownership rate	78.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Farmington
Population	607 → 479 (-21.1%)	675 → 531 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $58,688 (+23.6%)	$42,778 → $54,643 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $97,300 (+51.6%)	$48,600 → $63,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $442 (-25.8%)	$573 → $692 (+20.8%)

Birmingham

Population

607479

Median household income

$47,500$58,688

Median home value

$64,200$97,300

Median gross rent

$596$442

Farmington

Population

675531

Median household income

$42,778$54,643

Median home value

$48,600$63,600

Median gross rent

$573$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Farmington
Under 5	3.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	20.3%	21.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	18.8%
75 and over	11.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Farmington
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Farmington
Drove alone	80.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	16.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.2%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.8%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Farmington
1-unit, detached	81.6%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Farmington
Poverty rate	14.5%	9.8%
Average household size	2.23	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1943	1957