Atwater vs Franklin

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

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

Atwater has the higher population (32,013 vs 7,487 in Franklin). Atwater has the higher median household income ($63,945 vs $56,274 in Franklin). Atwater has the higher median home value ($340,600 vs $285,700 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	Franklin
Population	32,013	7,487
Median age	33.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,945	$56,274
Median home value	$340,600	$285,700
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,450
Housing units	10,525	2,203
Homeownership rate	52.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	Franklin
Population	29,296 → 32,013 (+9.3%)	6,929 → 7,487 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$55,674 → $63,945 (+14.9%)	$51,589 → $56,274 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$229,400 → $340,600 (+48.5%)	$195,900 → $285,700 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,219 (+22.1%)	$1,105 → $1,450 (+31.2%)

Atwater

Population

29,29632,013

Median household income

$55,674$63,945

Median home value

$229,400$340,600

Median gross rent

$998$1,219

Franklin

Population

6,9297,487

Median household income

$51,589$56,274

Median home value

$195,900$285,700

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	Franklin
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.2%	22.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.6%
75 and over	5.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	13.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	26.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	57.5%	55.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	Franklin
No high school diploma	26.2%	30.0%
High school graduate	28.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	Franklin
Drove alone	80.5%	85.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.6%
Other means	3.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	Franklin
1-unit, detached	67.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	Franklin
Poverty rate	20.0%	23.5%
Average household size	3.09	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1979	1988