Franklin vs Frontenac

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

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

Frontenac has the higher population (3,381 vs 763 in Franklin). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($56,867 vs $51,528 in Franklin). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $116,500 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Frontenac
Population	763	3,381
Median age	28.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,528	$56,867
Median home value	$116,500	$165,400
Median gross rent	$983	$847
Housing units	217	1,498
Homeownership rate	77.9%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Frontenac
Population	590 → 763 (+29.3%)	3,400 → 3,381 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$48,162 → $51,528 (+7.0%)	$56,467 → $56,867 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $116,500 (+37.4%)	$131,400 → $165,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $983 (+12.9%)	$804 → $847 (+5.3%)

Franklin

Population

590763

Median household income

$48,162$51,528

Median home value

$84,800$116,500

Median gross rent

$871$983

Frontenac

Population

3,4003,381

Median household income

$56,467$56,867

Median home value

$131,400$165,400

Median gross rent

$804$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Frontenac
Under 5	4.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	28.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	15.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	24.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	2.2%	7.1%
75 and over	0.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Frontenac
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Frontenac
No high school diploma	28.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Frontenac
Drove alone	87.8%	90.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Frontenac
1-unit, detached	90.8%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Frontenac
Poverty rate	33.0%	9.1%
Average household size	3.52	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1991	1980