Farmington vs Park Hills

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

Farmington and Park Hills 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 8,667 in Park Hills). Park Hills has the higher median household income ($51,303 vs $49,882 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $121,100 in Park Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Park Hills
Population	17,999	8,667
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,882	$51,303
Median home value	$187,500	$121,100
Median gross rent	$856	$737
Housing units	7,054	4,022
Homeownership rate	52.6%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Park Hills
Population	18,515 → 17,999 (-2.8%)	8,544 → 8,667 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$45,528 → $49,882 (+9.6%)	$35,825 → $51,303 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $187,500 (+39.7%)	$73,200 → $121,100 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $856 (+22.3%)	$714 → $737 (+3.2%)

Farmington

Population

18,51517,999

Median household income

$45,528$49,882

Median home value

$134,200$187,500

Median gross rent

$700$856

Park Hills

Population

8,5448,667

Median household income

$35,825$51,303

Median home value

$73,200$121,100

Median gross rent

$714$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Park Hills
Under 5	4.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.8%
75 and over	8.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Park Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Park Hills
No high school diploma	12.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	37.5%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Park Hills
Drove alone	74.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	14.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	3.2%
Other means	1.1%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Park Hills
1-unit, detached	56.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Park Hills
Poverty rate	19.2%	14.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1987	1967