Clifton vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (880 vs 774 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($97,750 vs $64,375 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $286,500 in Clifton).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Franklin
Population	774	880
Median age	22.9 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,750	$64,375
Median home value	$286,500	$318,200
Median gross rent	$692	$1,205
Housing units	231	300
Homeownership rate	86.5%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Franklin
Population	337 → 774 (+129.7%)	621 → 880 (+41.7%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $97,750 (+30.3%)	$44,850 → $64,375 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $286,500 (+31.8%)	$134,500 → $318,200 (+136.6%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $692 (+16.3%)	$829 → $1,205 (+45.4%)

Clifton

Population

337774

Median household income

$75,000$97,750

Median home value

$217,400$286,500

Median gross rent

$595$692

Franklin

Population

621880

Median household income

$44,850$64,375

Median home value

$134,500$318,200

Median gross rent

$829$1,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Franklin
Under 5	9.0%	13.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	21.3%	20.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	23.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	5.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.5%
75 and over	2.5%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Franklin
No high school diploma	0.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	47.8%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Franklin
Drove alone	62.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	24.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	15.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Franklin
1-unit, detached	99.6%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Franklin
Poverty rate	2.7%	6.8%
Average household size	3.47	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1978	1975