Franklin vs Los Banos

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

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

Los Banos has the higher population (46,776 vs 7,487 in Franklin). Los Banos has the higher median household income ($70,893 vs $56,274 in Franklin). Los Banos has the higher median home value ($419,600 vs $285,700 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Los Banos
Population	7,487	46,776
Median age	34.2 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,274	$70,893
Median home value	$285,700	$419,600
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,515
Housing units	2,203	13,723
Homeownership rate	78.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Los Banos
Population	6,929 → 7,487 (+8.1%)	38,914 → 46,776 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$51,589 → $56,274 (+9.1%)	$62,874 → $70,893 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$195,900 → $285,700 (+45.8%)	$293,400 → $419,600 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,450 (+31.2%)	$1,260 → $1,515 (+20.2%)

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

Los Banos

Population

38,91446,776

Median household income

$62,874$70,893

Median home value

$293,400$419,600

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Los Banos
Under 5	5.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.0%
75 and over	4.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Los Banos
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	19.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	26.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	55.6%	73.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Los Banos
No high school diploma	30.0%	28.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Los Banos
Drove alone	85.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Los Banos
1-unit, detached	73.7%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Los Banos
Poverty rate	23.5%	16.2%
Average household size	3.65	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	52
Median year structure built	1988	1995