Dixon vs Franklin Grove

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

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

Dixon has the higher population (15,166 vs 1,086 in Franklin Grove). Franklin Grove has the higher median household income ($60,833 vs $58,371 in Dixon). Franklin Grove has the higher median home value ($136,800 vs $113,300 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
Population	15,166	1,086
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,371	$60,833
Median home value	$113,300	$136,800
Median gross rent	$865	$850
Housing units	6,359	424
Homeownership rate	64.3%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
Population	15,433 → 15,166 (-1.7%)	990 → 1,086 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$47,171 → $58,371 (+23.7%)	$48,177 → $60,833 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $113,300 (+24.9%)	$88,100 → $136,800 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $865 (+31.1%)	$848 → $850 (+0.2%)

Dixon

Population

15,43315,166

Median household income

$47,171$58,371

Median home value

$90,700$113,300

Median gross rent

$660$865

Franklin Grove

Population

9901,086

Median household income

$48,177$60,833

Median home value

$88,100$136,800

Median gross rent

$848$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
Under 5	4.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.4%
75 and over	8.7%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	82.2%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
No high school diploma	12.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
Drove alone	82.3%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.8%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
1-unit, detached	72.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Franklin Grove
Poverty rate	17.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1956	1948