Franklin vs Girard

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

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

Girard has the higher population (2,706 vs 763 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $41,629 in Girard). Franklin has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $84,500 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Girard
Population	763	2,706
Median age	28.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,528	$41,629
Median home value	$116,500	$84,500
Median gross rent	$983	$795
Housing units	217	1,270
Homeownership rate	77.9%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Girard
Population	590 → 763 (+29.3%)	2,707 → 2,706 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$48,162 → $51,528 (+7.0%)	$38,929 → $41,629 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $116,500 (+37.4%)	$78,000 → $84,500 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $983 (+12.9%)	$788 → $795 (+0.9%)

Franklin

Population

590763

Median household income

$48,162$51,528

Median home value

$84,800$116,500

Median gross rent

$871$983

Girard

Population

2,7072,706

Median household income

$38,929$41,629

Median home value

$78,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$788$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Girard
Under 5	4.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	28.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	15.2%	15.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	24.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	2.2%	14.7%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Girard
No high school diploma	28.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Girard
Drove alone	87.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Girard
1-unit, detached	90.8%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Girard
Poverty rate	33.0%	16.4%
Average household size	3.52	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1991	1962