Franklin vs Whiteland

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

Franklin and 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 4,369 in Whiteland). Whiteland has the higher median household income ($88,411 vs $77,305 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $189,200 in Whiteland).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Whiteland
Population	25,999	4,369
Median age	34.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,305	$88,411
Median home value	$212,500	$189,200
Median gross rent	$1,127	$1,192
Housing units	9,924	1,793
Homeownership rate	66.4%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Whiteland
Population	25,106 → 25,999 (+3.6%)	4,423 → 4,369 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$59,930 → $77,305 (+29.0%)	$75,741 → $88,411 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $212,500 (+64.5%)	$141,300 → $189,200 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,127 (+28.1%)	$1,007 → $1,192 (+18.4%)

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

Whiteland

Population

4,4234,369

Median household income

$75,741$88,411

Median home value

$141,300$189,200

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Whiteland
Under 5	6.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	23.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.6%
75 and over	7.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Whiteland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Whiteland
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Whiteland
Drove alone	77.3%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Whiteland
1-unit, detached	74.8%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.7%
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	Whiteland
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1994	1992