Franklin vs Trafalgar

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

Franklin and Trafalgar 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 1,433 in Trafalgar). Trafalgar has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $77,305 in Franklin). Trafalgar has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $212,500 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Trafalgar
Population	25,999	1,433
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,305	$83,214
Median home value	$212,500	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,000
Housing units	9,924	574
Homeownership rate	66.4%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Trafalgar
Population	25,106 → 25,999 (+3.6%)	1,148 → 1,433 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$59,930 → $77,305 (+29.0%)	$58,636 → $83,214 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $212,500 (+64.5%)	$125,800 → $216,400 (+72.0%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,127 (+28.1%)	$928 → $1,000 (+7.8%)

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

Trafalgar

Population

1,1481,433

Median household income

$58,636$83,214

Median home value

$125,800$216,400

Median gross rent

$928$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Trafalgar
Under 5	6.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.9%
75 and over	7.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Trafalgar
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Trafalgar
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Trafalgar
Drove alone	77.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.4%	1.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	11.4%
Other means	0.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Trafalgar
1-unit, detached	74.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	8.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Trafalgar
Poverty rate	11.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1994	1997