Franklin vs Tuskegee

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

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

Tuskegee has the higher population (9,070 vs 899 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($83,480 vs $38,160 in Tuskegee). Tuskegee has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $75,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Tuskegee
Population	899	9,070
Median age	47.9 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,480	$38,160
Median home value	$75,300	$98,500
Median gross rent	$731	$706
Housing units	484	4,466
Homeownership rate	84.7%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	23.3%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Tuskegee
Population	630 → 899 (+42.7%)	8,486 → 9,070 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$75,139 → $83,480 (+11.1%)	$28,016 → $38,160 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $75,300 (-22.8%)	$77,000 → $98,500 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $731 (+26.0%)	$608 → $706 (+16.1%)

Franklin

Population

630899

Median household income

$75,139$83,480

Median home value

$97,500$75,300

Median gross rent

$580$731

Tuskegee

Population

8,4869,070

Median household income

$28,016$38,160

Median home value

$77,000$98,500

Median gross rent

$608$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Tuskegee
Under 5	7.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	17.5%	36.6%
25 to 34	3.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	4.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	21.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	21.5%	8.8%
75 and over	7.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Tuskegee
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	11.1%
Black or African American	65.2%	84.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	12.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Tuskegee
No high school diploma	12.9%	13.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Tuskegee
Drove alone	66.7%	65.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	13.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Tuskegee
1-unit, detached	47.1%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	52.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Tuskegee
Poverty rate	15.9%	26.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1993	1976