Cooleemee vs Farmington

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

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

Cooleemee has the higher population (984 vs 174 in Farmington). Cooleemee has the higher median household income ($49,135 vs $28,750 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $134,200 in Cooleemee).

Population, income & housing

	Cooleemee	Farmington
Population	984	174
Median age	34.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,135	$28,750
Median home value	$134,200	$169,000
Median gross rent	$964	—
Housing units	490	82
Homeownership rate	74.7%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	29.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooleemee	Farmington
Population	1,040 → 984 (-5.4%)	368 → 174 (-52.7%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $49,135 (-0.5%)	$71,141 → $28,750 (-59.6%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $134,200 (+57.9%)	$211,800 → $169,000 (-20.2%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $964 (-0.8%)	—

Cooleemee

Population

1,040984

Median household income

$49,375$49,135

Median home value

$85,000$134,200

Median gross rent

$972$964

Farmington

Population

368174

Median household income

$71,141$28,750

Median home value

$211,800$169,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooleemee	Farmington
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	19.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	34.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.9%
75 and over	5.1%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooleemee	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	10.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooleemee	Farmington
No high school diploma	8.3%	38.7%
High school graduate	31.8%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooleemee	Farmington
Drove alone	82.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooleemee	Farmington
1-unit, detached	95.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooleemee	Farmington
Poverty rate	11.1%	23.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	32	14
Median year structure built	1938	1948