Franklin Park vs Lemont

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

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

Franklin Park has the higher population (18,233 vs 17,643 in Lemont). Lemont has the higher median household income ($126,100 vs $76,009 in Franklin Park). Lemont has the higher median home value ($447,800 vs $261,700 in Franklin Park).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	Lemont
Population	18,233	17,643
Median age	37.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,009	$126,100
Median home value	$261,700	$447,800
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,211
Housing units	6,182	6,513
Homeownership rate	75.1%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	Lemont
Population	17,956 → 18,233 (+1.5%)	17,023 → 17,643 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$63,971 → $76,009 (+18.8%)	$99,724 → $126,100 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $261,700 (+28.4%)	$363,000 → $447,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,103 (+25.2%)	$1,069 → $1,211 (+13.3%)

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

Lemont

Population

17,02317,643

Median household income

$99,724$126,100

Median home value

$363,000$447,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	Lemont
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.8%
75 and over	3.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	Lemont
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	Lemont
No high school diploma	22.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	Lemont
Drove alone	77.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.3%
Public transit	2.6%	2.7%
Walked	2.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	14.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	Lemont
1-unit, detached	74.4%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	Lemont
Poverty rate	13.6%	3.1%
Average household size	3.09	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1956	1994