Farmington vs Terre du Lac

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

Farmington and Terre du Lac 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 2,460 in Terre du Lac). Terre du Lac has the higher median household income ($93,115 vs $49,882 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $186,400 in Terre du Lac).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
Population	17,999	2,460
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,882	$93,115
Median home value	$187,500	$186,400
Median gross rent	$856	—
Housing units	7,054	1,294
Homeownership rate	52.6%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
Population	18,515 → 17,999 (-2.8%)	2,662 → 2,460 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$45,528 → $49,882 (+9.6%)	$62,627 → $93,115 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $187,500 (+39.7%)	$155,000 → $186,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $856 (+22.3%)	$822 → $876 (+6.6%)

Farmington

Population

18,51517,999

Median household income

$45,528$49,882

Median home value

$134,200$187,500

Median gross rent

$700$856

Terre du Lac

Population

2,6622,460

Median household income

$62,627$93,115

Median home value

$155,000$186,400

Median gross rent

$822$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.2%
75 and over	8.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	96.9%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
Drove alone	74.1%	74.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	18.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
1-unit, detached	56.0%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Terre du Lac
Poverty rate	19.2%	11.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1987	1982