Franklin vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (311 vs 242 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($54,500 vs $34,625 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $78,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
Population	242	311
Median age	36.3 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$34,625
Median home value	$78,800	$116,700
Median gross rent	—	$375
Housing units	117	174
Homeownership rate	97.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
Population	109 → 242 (+122.0%)	471 → 311 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $54,500 (+53.0%)	$38,750 → $34,625 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $78,800 (+64.2%)	$96,300 → $116,700 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $500 (-1.2%)	$532 → $375 (-29.5%)

Franklin

Population

109242

Median household income

$35,625$54,500

Median home value

$48,000$78,800

Median gross rent

$506$500

Mount Pleasant

Population

471311

Median household income

$38,750$34,625

Median home value

$96,300$116,700

Median gross rent

$532$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	2.9%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	28.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	3.5%
45 to 54	2.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	28.1%	24.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.3%
75 and over	5.4%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	5.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	18.5%	24.9%
High school graduate	47.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	68.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	69.2%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	30.6%	27.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1972	1979