Franklin vs Meredosia

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

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

Meredosia has the higher population (937 vs 554 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $57,500 in Meredosia). Franklin has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $63,000 in Meredosia).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Meredosia
Population	554	937
Median age	36.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$57,500
Median home value	$103,300	$63,000
Median gross rent	$915	$691
Housing units	236	490
Homeownership rate	68.8%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Meredosia
Population	565 → 554 (-1.9%)	891 → 937 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$65,962 → $66,250 (+0.4%)	$54,063 → $57,500 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $103,300 (+12.4%)	$69,400 → $63,000 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $915 (+18.1%)	$578 → $691 (+19.6%)

Franklin

Population

565554

Median household income

$65,962$66,250

Median home value

$91,900$103,300

Median gross rent

$775$915

Meredosia

Population

891937

Median household income

$54,063$57,500

Median home value

$69,400$63,000

Median gross rent

$578$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Meredosia
Under 5	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.9%
75 and over	7.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Meredosia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Meredosia
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Meredosia
Drove alone	83.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Meredosia
1-unit, detached	83.5%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Meredosia
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1965	1966