Farmer City, IL
Census ZIP code profile for Farmer City, IL — 1 ZIPs, total population 2,984. Median income, home value, education, commute, and demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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Farmer City, IL is covered by 1 USPS ZIP code serving a combined population of 2,984 according to Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. U.S. cities rarely map cleanly to a single ZIP — Farmer City splits its residents across 1 delivery areas, each with its own demographic and housing profile. The table below lists every ZIP by population, so you can see which neighborhoods carry the weight of the city total and which are smaller pockets of the same municipal boundary.
Aggregated across every ZIP in Farmer City, the median household income averages $80,117 and per-capita income averages $35,036. Poverty rate runs at 7.9% and unemployment at 7.5%. On housing, the average median home value is $157,500 with median rent of $492 per month, and 88.0% of occupied units are owner-occupied. These are arithmetic averages across the 1 ZIP — not population-weighted — so small ZIPs influence the headline numbers the same as large ones.
Use this city view to compare ZIPs inside Farmer City against each other rather than hunting for a single "city average." The Affordability Dashboard linked below combines these Census inputs with HUD Fair Market Rents, FBI crime data, and Department of Labor childcare costs into a graded scorecard for Farmer City as a whole, while individual ZIP pages show fine-grained household income, housing profile, education attainment, commute time, and nearby-ZIP benchmarks. Every field on this page is sourced directly from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates — no estimates, no proprietary scoring, no editorial adjustment.
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ZIP Codes
2,984
Population
$80,117
Median Income
$157,500
Median Home Value
45.5
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ZIP Codes in Farmer City, IL
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61842 | 2,984 | 12 | America/Chicago |
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Official Data Resources for Farmer City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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