Franklin vs Woodson

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

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

Woodson has the higher population (592 vs 554 in Franklin). Woodson has the higher median household income ($85,469 vs $66,250 in Franklin). Woodson has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $103,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Woodson
Population	554	592
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$85,469
Median home value	$103,300	$125,800
Median gross rent	$915	$908
Housing units	236	256
Homeownership rate	68.8%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Woodson
Population	565 → 554 (-1.9%)	433 → 592 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$65,962 → $66,250 (+0.4%)	$58,333 → $85,469 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $103,300 (+12.4%)	$111,700 → $125,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $915 (+18.1%)	$588 → $908 (+54.4%)

Franklin

Population

565554

Median household income

$65,962$66,250

Median home value

$91,900$103,300

Median gross rent

$775$915

Woodson

Population

433592

Median household income

$58,333$85,469

Median home value

$111,700$125,800

Median gross rent

$588$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Woodson
Under 5	7.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	25.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.8%
75 and over	7.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Woodson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Woodson
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Woodson
Drove alone	83.5%	95.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Woodson
1-unit, detached	83.5%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Woodson
Poverty rate	7.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1965	1977