Braidwood vs Frankfort Square

A side-by-side comparison of Braidwood and Frankfort Square: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frankfort Square has the higher population (9,777 vs 6,175 in Braidwood). Frankfort Square has the higher median household income ($126,953 vs $83,365 in Braidwood). Frankfort Square has the higher median home value ($282,100 vs $205,900 in Braidwood).

Population, income & housing

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
Population	6,175	9,777
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,365	$126,953
Median home value	$205,900	$282,100
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,511
Housing units	2,949	3,402
Homeownership rate	82.4%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
Population	6,377 → 6,175 (-3.2%)	8,768 → 9,777 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$63,074 → $83,365 (+32.2%)	$99,951 → $126,953 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $205,900 (+26.8%)	$223,600 → $282,100 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,089 (+11.2%)	$1,220 → $1,511 (+23.9%)

Braidwood

Population

6,3776,175

Median household income

$63,074$83,365

Median home value

$162,400$205,900

Median gross rent

$979$1,089

Frankfort Square

Population

8,7689,777

Median household income

$99,951$126,953

Median home value

$223,600$282,100

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.8%
75 and over	3.4%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	69.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	31.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
Drove alone	90.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	11.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
1-unit, detached	72.5%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Braidwood	Frankfort Square
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1994	1985