Franklin vs Mooar

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

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

Mooar has the higher population (260 vs 135 in Franklin). Mooar has the higher median household income ($79,861 vs $47,500 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $77,700 in Mooar).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Mooar
Population	135	260
Median age	45.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$79,861
Median home value	$116,500	$77,700
Housing units	62	87
Homeownership rate	91.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Mooar
Population	161 → 135 (-16.1%)	388 → 260 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$61,000 → $47,500 (-22.1%)	$66,071 → $79,861 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $116,500 (-1.9%)	$53,900 → $77,700 (+44.2%)

Franklin

Population

161135

Median household income

$61,000$47,500

Median home value

$118,800$116,500

Mooar

Population

388260

Median household income

$66,071$79,861

Median home value

$53,900$77,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Mooar
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.6%
25 to 34	7.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.5%
75 and over	19.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Mooar
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Mooar
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.7%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Mooar
Drove alone	85.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	6.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Mooar
1-unit, detached	93.5%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Mooar
Poverty rate	3.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	9
Median year structure built	1957	1992