Franklin vs Wever

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

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

Wever has the higher population (190 vs 135 in Franklin). Wever has the higher median home value ($262,100 vs $116,500 in Franklin). Since 2019, Wever's population has grown faster (+69.6% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Wever
Population	135	190
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	—
Median home value	$116,500	$262,100
Housing units	62	90
Homeownership rate	91.9%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Wever
Population	161 → 135 (-16.1%)	112 → 190 (+69.6%)
Median household income	$61,000 → $47,500 (-22.1%)	$36,417 → $40,875 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $116,500 (-1.9%)	$268,300 → $262,100 (-2.3%)

Franklin

Population

161135

Median household income

$61,000$47,500

Median home value

$118,800$116,500

Wever

Population

112190

Median household income

$36,417$40,875

Median home value

$268,300$262,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Wever
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	4.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	3.2%
75 and over	19.3%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Wever
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	67.9%
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%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Wever
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.7%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Wever
Drove alone	85.2%	72.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	27.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Wever
1-unit, detached	93.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Wever
Poverty rate	3.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1957	1938