Farmington vs Idamay

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

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

Idamay has the higher population (635 vs 431 in Farmington). Idamay has the higher median household income ($97,311 vs $76,094 in Farmington). Idamay has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $68,500 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Idamay
Population	431	635
Median age	44.1 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$97,311
Median home value	$68,500	$114,400
Median gross rent	$667	—
Housing units	165	409
Homeownership rate	81.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Idamay
Population	445 → 431 (-3.1%)	616 → 635 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$40,208 → $76,094 (+89.3%)	$82,125 → $97,311 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $68,500 (-1.2%)	$86,800 → $114,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $667 (-1.2%)	—

Farmington

Population

445431

Median household income

$40,208$76,094

Median home value

$69,300$68,500

Median gross rent

$675$667

Idamay

Population

616635

Median household income

$82,125$97,311

Median home value

$86,800$114,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Idamay
Under 5	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	3.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	5.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	28.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	26.0%
75 and over	8.1%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Idamay
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Idamay
No high school diploma	10.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	39.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Idamay
Drove alone	64.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	33.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Idamay
1-unit, detached	91.5%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Idamay
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.3%
Average household size	2.93	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938