Frankfort vs Michigantown

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

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

Frankfort has the higher population (15,536 vs 470 in Michigantown). Michigantown has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $53,522 in Frankfort). Michigantown has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $122,800 in Frankfort).

Population, income & housing

	Frankfort	Michigantown
Population	15,536	470
Median age	35.1 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,522	$73,214
Median home value	$122,800	$125,000
Median gross rent	$888	$963
Housing units	6,519	197
Homeownership rate	58.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankfort	Michigantown
Population	15,634 → 15,536 (-0.6%)	592 → 470 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$41,120 → $53,522 (+30.2%)	$62,784 → $73,214 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $122,800 (+47.2%)	$87,000 → $125,000 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $888 (+24.9%)	$796 → $963 (+21.0%)

Frankfort

Population

15,63415,536

Median household income

$41,120$53,522

Median home value

$83,400$122,800

Median gross rent

$711$888

Michigantown

Population

592470

Median household income

$62,784$73,214

Median home value

$87,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$796$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frankfort	Michigantown
Under 5	6.1%	11.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.4%
75 and over	6.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankfort	Michigantown
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankfort	Michigantown
No high school diploma	21.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	42.4%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankfort	Michigantown
Drove alone	82.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankfort	Michigantown
1-unit, detached	75.5%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Frankfort	Michigantown
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1953	1946