Franklin vs New Whiteland

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

Franklin and New Whiteland 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 5,641 in New Whiteland). New Whiteland has the higher median household income ($89,196 vs $77,305 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $185,000 in New Whiteland).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	New Whiteland
Population	25,999	5,641
Median age	34.0 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,305	$89,196
Median home value	$212,500	$185,000
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,221
Housing units	9,924	2,250
Homeownership rate	66.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	New Whiteland
Population	25,106 → 25,999 (+3.6%)	6,051 → 5,641 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$59,930 → $77,305 (+29.0%)	$70,975 → $89,196 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $212,500 (+64.5%)	$97,100 → $185,000 (+90.5%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,127 (+28.1%)	$884 → $1,221 (+38.1%)

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

New Whiteland

Population

6,0515,641

Median household income

$70,975$89,196

Median home value

$97,100$185,000

Median gross rent

$884$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	New Whiteland
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.9%
75 and over	7.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	New Whiteland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	New Whiteland
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	New Whiteland
Drove alone	77.3%	73.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	19.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	New Whiteland
1-unit, detached	74.8%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	New Whiteland
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1994	1974