Bonaparte vs Farmington

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

Bonaparte 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 382 in Bonaparte). Farmington has the higher median household income ($54,643 vs $40,000 in Bonaparte). Bonaparte has the higher median home value ($68,500 vs $63,600 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Bonaparte	Farmington
Population	382	531
Median age	36.0 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$54,643
Median home value	$68,500	$63,600
Median gross rent	$450	$692
Housing units	177	319
Homeownership rate	61.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonaparte	Farmington
Population	459 → 382 (-16.8%)	675 → 531 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $40,000 (+4.9%)	$42,778 → $54,643 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$51,500 → $68,500 (+33.0%)	$48,600 → $63,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $450 (-23.2%)	$573 → $692 (+20.8%)

Bonaparte

Population

459382

Median household income

$38,125$40,000

Median home value

$51,500$68,500

Median gross rent

$586$450

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)

	Bonaparte	Farmington
Under 5	7.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	6.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	5.8%	21.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	18.8%
75 and over	6.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonaparte	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonaparte	Farmington
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	45.3%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonaparte	Farmington
Drove alone	68.9%	69.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	12.8%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.2%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonaparte	Farmington
1-unit, detached	71.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Bonaparte	Farmington
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.62	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1941	1957