Franklin vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (968 vs 242 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($54,500 vs $50,313 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($80,500 vs $78,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Oxford
Population	242	968
Median age	36.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$50,313
Median home value	$78,800	$80,500
Median gross rent	—	$636
Housing units	117	370
Homeownership rate	97.9%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Oxford
Population	109 → 242 (+122.0%)	667 → 968 (+45.1%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $54,500 (+53.0%)	$39,375 → $50,313 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $78,800 (+64.2%)	$71,900 → $80,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $500 (-1.2%)	$544 → $636 (+16.9%)

Franklin

Population

109242

Median household income

$35,625$54,500

Median home value

$48,000$78,800

Median gross rent

$506$500

Oxford

Population

667968

Median household income

$39,375$50,313

Median home value

$71,900$80,500

Median gross rent

$544$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
Under 5	2.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	28.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	7.9%	5.5%
45 to 54	2.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	28.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.6%
75 and over	5.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Oxford
No high school diploma	18.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
Drove alone	68.6%	91.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
1-unit, detached	69.2%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Oxford
Poverty rate	30.6%	16.2%
Average household size	2.57	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1972	1983