years of the next century saw Farmer City grow into a bustling community. A newspaper, the Public Reaper, first printed on November 27, 1879. City fathers helped usher the area into a modern era, with utilities such as a water tower (1920). The new business district was joined by schools, churches, and fine homes. Interstate 74 was completed in the early 1970s. In 1980, an extensive study of the dialect of Farmer City was completed, making the city well known in the field of sociolinguistics. Geography Farmer City is located at (40.246306, -88.641858). According to the 2010 census, Farmer City has a total area of , of which (or 98%) is land and (or 2%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 1,828 people, 848 households, and 563 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 884 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.98% White, 0.88% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 4.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.02% of the population. There were 848 households, out of which 56.13% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.08% were married couples living together, 6.01% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.61% were non-families. 31.49% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.92% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 2.37. The city's age distribution consisted of 24.1% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 17.6% from 25 to 44, 36.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $66,591, and the median income for a family was $84,625. Males had a median income of $36,750 versus $31,725 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,409. About 7.6% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over. Transportation