Franklin vs Greenwood

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (64,237 vs 25,999 in Franklin). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($78,765 vs $77,305 in Franklin). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($248,700 vs $212,500 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Greenwood
Population	25,999	64,237
Median age	34.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,305	$78,765
Median home value	$212,500	$248,700
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,252
Housing units	9,924	27,251
Homeownership rate	66.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Greenwood
Population	25,106 → 25,999 (+3.6%)	57,764 → 64,237 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$59,930 → $77,305 (+29.0%)	$63,474 → $78,765 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $212,500 (+64.5%)	$155,300 → $248,700 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,127 (+28.1%)	$982 → $1,252 (+27.5%)

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

Greenwood

Population

57,76464,237

Median household income

$63,474$78,765

Median home value

$155,300$248,700

Median gross rent

$982$1,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Greenwood
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.9%
75 and over	7.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	75.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Greenwood
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Greenwood
Drove alone	77.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	11.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	74.8%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	13.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Greenwood
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1994	1995