Franklin vs Shorter

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin and Shorter: population, income, housing, and more.

Franklin and Shorter are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Franklin has the higher population (899 vs 328 in Shorter). Franklin has the higher median household income ($83,480 vs $31,250 in Shorter). Shorter has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $75,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Shorter
Population	899	328
Median age	47.9 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,480	$31,250
Median home value	$75,300	$85,000
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	484	175
Homeownership rate	84.7%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	23.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Shorter
Population	630 → 899 (+42.7%)	356 → 328 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$75,139 → $83,480 (+11.1%)	$30,000 → $31,250 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $75,300 (-22.8%)	$81,900 → $85,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $731 (+26.0%)	$442 → $492 (+11.3%)

Franklin

Population

630899

Median household income

$75,139$83,480

Median home value

$97,500$75,300

Median gross rent

$580$731

Shorter

Population

356328

Median household income

$30,000$31,250

Median home value

$81,900$85,000

Median gross rent

$442$492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Shorter
Under 5	7.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	7.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	17.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	3.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	4.8%	2.7%
45 to 54	21.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	25.0%
65 to 74	21.5%	21.3%
75 and over	7.8%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Shorter
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	20.4%
Black or African American	65.2%	69.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Shorter
No high school diploma	12.9%	25.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Shorter
Drove alone	66.7%	95.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Shorter
1-unit, detached	47.1%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	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	52.5%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Shorter
Poverty rate	15.9%	31.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1993	1984