Cantril vs Farmington

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

Cantril 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 307 in Cantril). Farmington has the higher median household income ($54,643 vs $37,500 in Cantril). Cantril has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $63,600 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Cantril	Farmington
Population	307	531
Median age	52.3 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$54,643
Median home value	$76,200	$63,600
Median gross rent	$1,025	$692
Housing units	174	319
Homeownership rate	82.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantril	Farmington
Population	314 → 307 (-2.2%)	675 → 531 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$42,632 → $37,500 (-12.0%)	$42,778 → $54,643 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $76,200 (+9.6%)	$48,600 → $63,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,025 (-3.6%)	$573 → $692 (+20.8%)

Cantril

Population

314307

Median household income

$42,632$37,500

Median home value

$69,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,025

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)

	Cantril	Farmington
Under 5	13.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	21.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	18.8%
75 and over	15.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantril	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantril	Farmington
No high school diploma	18.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantril	Farmington
Drove alone	91.5%	69.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantril	Farmington
1-unit, detached	90.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Cantril	Farmington
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.07	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1972	1957