Farmington vs Keosauqua

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

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

Keosauqua has the higher population (1,014 vs 531 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($54,643 vs $52,083 in Keosauqua). Keosauqua has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $63,600 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Keosauqua
Population	531	1,014
Median age	52.7 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,643	$52,083
Median home value	$63,600	$108,000
Median gross rent	$692	$440
Housing units	319	472
Homeownership rate	82.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Keosauqua
Population	675 → 531 (-21.3%)	951 → 1,014 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$42,778 → $54,643 (+27.7%)	$45,750 → $52,083 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $63,600 (+30.9%)	$100,000 → $108,000 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $692 (+20.8%)	$591 → $440 (-25.5%)

Farmington

Population

675531

Median household income

$42,778$54,643

Median home value

$48,600$63,600

Median gross rent

$573$692

Keosauqua

Population

9511,014

Median household income

$45,750$52,083

Median home value

$100,000$108,000

Median gross rent

$591$440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Keosauqua
Under 5	2.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	9.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	21.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	18.8%	20.2%
75 and over	6.6%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Keosauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Keosauqua
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Keosauqua
Drove alone	69.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	7.2%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.1%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Keosauqua
1-unit, detached	75.9%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Keosauqua
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1957	1970