Franklin vs Murrayville

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

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

Murrayville has the higher population (671 vs 554 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $49,615 in Murrayville). Murrayville has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $103,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Murrayville
Population	554	671
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$49,615
Median home value	$103,300	$106,000
Median gross rent	$915	$788
Housing units	236	320
Homeownership rate	68.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Murrayville
Population	565 → 554 (-1.9%)	512 → 671 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$65,962 → $66,250 (+0.4%)	$59,583 → $49,615 (-16.7%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $103,300 (+12.4%)	$82,500 → $106,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $915 (+18.1%)	$589 → $788 (+33.8%)

Franklin

Population

565554

Median household income

$65,962$66,250

Median home value

$91,900$103,300

Median gross rent

$775$915

Murrayville

Population

512671

Median household income

$59,583$49,615

Median home value

$82,500$106,000

Median gross rent

$589$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Murrayville
Under 5	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.6%
75 and over	7.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Murrayville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Murrayville
No high school diploma	7.7%	17.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Murrayville
Drove alone	83.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Murrayville
1-unit, detached	83.5%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Murrayville
Poverty rate	7.3%	19.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1965	1962