Edinburgh vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (25,999 vs 4,191 in Edinburgh). Franklin has the higher median household income ($77,305 vs $56,406 in Edinburgh). Franklin has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $145,400 in Edinburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburgh	Franklin
Population	4,191	25,999
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,406	$77,305
Median home value	$145,400	$212,500
Median gross rent	$807	$1,127
Housing units	2,008	9,924
Homeownership rate	54.2%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburgh	Franklin
Population	4,792 → 4,191 (-12.5%)	25,106 → 25,999 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$50,200 → $56,406 (+12.4%)	$59,930 → $77,305 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $145,400 (+52.4%)	$129,200 → $212,500 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $807 (+9.5%)	$880 → $1,127 (+28.1%)

Edinburgh

Population

4,7924,191

Median household income

$50,200$56,406

Median home value

$95,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$737$807

Franklin

Population

25,10625,999

Median household income

$59,930$77,305

Median home value

$129,200$212,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,127

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edinburgh	Franklin
Under 5	5.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.9%
75 and over	6.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburgh	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburgh	Franklin
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	40.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburgh	Franklin
Drove alone	62.2%	77.3%
Carpooled	17.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	10.1%
Other means	6.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburgh	Franklin
1-unit, detached	62.0%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Edinburgh	Franklin
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1965	1994