Farmington vs Monongah

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

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

Monongah has the higher population (944 vs 431 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $54,412 in Monongah). Monongah has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $68,500 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Monongah
Population	431	944
Median age	44.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$54,412
Median home value	$68,500	$86,400
Median gross rent	$667	$1,000
Housing units	165	495
Homeownership rate	81.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Monongah
Population	445 → 431 (-3.1%)	1,184 → 944 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$40,208 → $76,094 (+89.3%)	$46,429 → $54,412 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $68,500 (-1.2%)	$67,900 → $86,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $667 (-1.2%)	$770 → $1,000 (+29.9%)

Farmington

Population

445431

Median household income

$40,208$76,094

Median home value

$69,300$68,500

Median gross rent

$675$667

Monongah

Population

1,184944

Median household income

$46,429$54,412

Median home value

$67,900$86,400

Median gross rent

$770$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmington	Monongah
Under 5	11.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	14.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	20.6%
75 and over	8.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Monongah
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.2%
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%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Monongah
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Monongah
Drove alone	64.2%	67.3%
Carpooled	33.3%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Monongah
1-unit, detached	91.5%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Monongah
Poverty rate	8.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938