Alsip vs Franklin Park

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

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

Alsip has the higher population (18,650 vs 18,233 in Franklin Park). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($76,009 vs $67,557 in Alsip). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $208,700 in Alsip).

Population, income & housing

	Alsip	Franklin Park
Population	18,650	18,233
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$76,009
Median home value	$208,700	$261,700
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,103
Housing units	8,076	6,182
Homeownership rate	65.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsip	Franklin Park
Population	19,022 → 18,650 (-2.0%)	17,956 → 18,233 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$63,312 → $67,557 (+6.7%)	$63,971 → $76,009 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $208,700 (+21.8%)	$203,800 → $261,700 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,102 (+14.7%)	$881 → $1,103 (+25.2%)

Alsip

Population

19,02218,650

Median household income

$63,312$67,557

Median home value

$171,400$208,700

Median gross rent

$961$1,102

Franklin Park

Population

17,95618,233

Median household income

$63,971$76,009

Median home value

$203,800$261,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsip	Franklin Park
Under 5	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.3%
75 and over	7.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsip	Franklin Park
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	37.6%
Black or African American	21.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsip	Franklin Park
No high school diploma	11.7%	22.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsip	Franklin Park
Drove alone	75.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.8%
Public transit	4.0%	2.6%
Walked	2.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsip	Franklin Park
1-unit, detached	54.1%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	10.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Alsip	Franklin Park
Poverty rate	11.4%	13.6%
Average household size	2.39	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1974	1956