Bonne Terre vs Farmington

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

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

Farmington has the higher population (17,999 vs 6,773 in Bonne Terre). Farmington has the higher median household income ($49,882 vs $39,767 in Bonne Terre). Farmington has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $120,400 in Bonne Terre).

Population, income & housing

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
Population	6,773	17,999
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,767	$49,882
Median home value	$120,400	$187,500
Median gross rent	$585	$856
Housing units	1,991	7,054
Homeownership rate	62.9%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
Population	7,165 → 6,773 (-5.5%)	18,515 → 17,999 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$47,833 → $39,767 (-16.9%)	$45,528 → $49,882 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $120,400 (+34.7%)	$134,200 → $187,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $585 (-18.3%)	$700 → $856 (+22.3%)

Bonne Terre

Population

7,1656,773

Median household income

$47,833$39,767

Median home value

$89,400$120,400

Median gross rent

$716$585

Farmington

Population

18,51517,999

Median household income

$45,528$49,882

Median home value

$134,200$187,500

Median gross rent

$700$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	7.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	21.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	9.3%
75 and over	6.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	12.3%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
No high school diploma	20.2%	12.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
Drove alone	73.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	17.8%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.3%
Other means	2.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
1-unit, detached	71.2%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	16.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonne Terre	Farmington
Poverty rate	28.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1963	1987