Franklin vs St. Paul

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (135 vs 68 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $47,500 in Franklin). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $116,500 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	St. Paul
Population	135	68
Median age	45.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$81,250
Median home value	$116,500	$158,300
Housing units	62	46
Homeownership rate	91.9%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	St. Paul
Population	161 → 135 (-16.1%)	85 → 68 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$61,000 → $47,500 (-22.1%)	$59,821 → $81,250 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $116,500 (-1.9%)	$143,800 → $158,300 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $975 (+41.7%)

Franklin

Population

161135

Median household income

$61,000$47,500

Median home value

$118,800$116,500

St. Paul

Population

8568

Median household income

$59,821$81,250

Median home value

$143,800$158,300

Median gross rent

$688$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	St. Paul
Under 5	5.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	25.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.8%
75 and over	19.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	St. Paul
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	St. Paul
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	St. Paul
Drove alone	85.2%	95.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	93.5%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	30.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	St. Paul
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1957	1972