Arcadia vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (763 vs 271 in Arcadia). Franklin has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $26,300 in Arcadia). Since 2019, Franklin's population has grown faster (+29.3% vs -25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Franklin
Population	271	763
Median age	44.6 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,528
Median home value	$26,300	$116,500
Median gross rent	$975	$983
Housing units	161	217
Homeownership rate	63.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Franklin
Population	364 → 271 (-25.5%)	590 → 763 (+29.3%)
Median household income	$20,481 → $42,500 (+107.5%)	$48,162 → $51,528 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$25,300 → $26,300 (+4.0%)	$84,800 → $116,500 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $975 (+79.2%)	$871 → $983 (+12.9%)

Arcadia

Population

364271

Median household income

$20,481$42,500

Median home value

$25,300$26,300

Median gross rent

$544$975

Franklin

Population

590763

Median household income

$48,162$51,528

Median home value

$84,800$116,500

Median gross rent

$871$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Franklin
Under 5	10.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	28.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	15.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	24.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	23.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	2.2%
75 and over	10.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	99.2%
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	3.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Franklin
No high school diploma	7.3%	28.6%
High school graduate	48.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Franklin
Drove alone	53.2%	87.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Franklin
1-unit, detached	93.2%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	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	6.2%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Franklin
Poverty rate	35.4%	33.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1938	1991