Farmington vs Mayfield

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

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

Mayfield has the higher population (9,905 vs 205 in Farmington). Mayfield has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $32,159 in Farmington). Mayfield has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $75,700 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Mayfield
Population	205	9,905
Median age	60.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,159	$41,458
Median home value	$75,700	$114,400
Median gross rent	—	$598
Housing units	79	5,059
Homeownership rate	75.9%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Mayfield
Population	153 → 205 (+34.0%)	9,867 → 9,905 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$50,250 → $32,159 (-36.0%)	$32,289 → $41,458 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$67,000 → $75,700 (+13.0%)	$100,200 → $114,400 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$624 → $598 (-4.2%)

Farmington

Population

153205

Median household income

$50,250$32,159

Median home value

$67,000$75,700

Mayfield

Population

9,8679,905

Median household income

$32,289$41,458

Median home value

$100,200$114,400

Median gross rent

$624$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Mayfield
Under 5	5.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	24.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	2.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	21.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	22.0%	8.9%
75 and over	8.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Mayfield
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	67.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Mayfield
No high school diploma	24.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	35.3%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Mayfield
Drove alone	100.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Mayfield
1-unit, detached	89.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Mayfield
Poverty rate	49.8%	30.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1959	1970