Farmington vs Milton

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

Farmington and Milton 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 451 in Milton). Farmington has the higher median household income ($54,643 vs $41,875 in Milton). Farmington has the higher median home value ($63,600 vs $54,400 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Milton
Population	531	451
Median age	52.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,643	$41,875
Median home value	$63,600	$54,400
Median gross rent	$692	$550
Housing units	319	201
Homeownership rate	82.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Milton
Population	675 → 531 (-21.3%)	481 → 451 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$42,778 → $54,643 (+27.7%)	$41,458 → $41,875 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $63,600 (+30.9%)	$43,500 → $54,400 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $692 (+20.8%)	$738 → $550 (-25.5%)

Farmington

Population

675531

Median household income

$42,778$54,643

Median home value

$48,600$63,600

Median gross rent

$573$692

Milton

Population

481451

Median household income

$41,458$41,875

Median home value

$43,500$54,400

Median gross rent

$738$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Milton
Under 5	2.6%	12.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	21.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	18.8%	14.6%
75 and over	6.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Milton
No high school diploma	8.0%	26.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Milton
Drove alone	69.5%	54.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	13.3%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	20.4%
Other means	5.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Milton
1-unit, detached	75.9%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Milton
Poverty rate	9.8%	25.9%
Average household size	1.98	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1957	1968