Franklin vs Pittsburg

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

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (20,606 vs 763 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $40,220 in Pittsburg). Franklin has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $110,800 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Pittsburg
Population	763	20,606
Median age	28.4 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,528	$40,220
Median home value	$116,500	$110,800
Median gross rent	$983	$840
Housing units	217	9,459
Homeownership rate	77.9%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Pittsburg
Population	590 → 763 (+29.3%)	20,171 → 20,606 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,162 → $51,528 (+7.0%)	$34,956 → $40,220 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $116,500 (+37.4%)	$88,500 → $110,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $983 (+12.9%)	$712 → $840 (+18.0%)

Franklin

Population

590763

Median household income

$48,162$51,528

Median home value

$84,800$116,500

Median gross rent

$871$983

Pittsburg

Population

20,17120,606

Median household income

$34,956$40,220

Median home value

$88,500$110,800

Median gross rent

$712$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Pittsburg
Under 5	4.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	28.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	15.2%	26.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	24.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.5%
65 to 74	2.2%	6.9%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	28.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Pittsburg
Drove alone	87.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	90.8%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	33.0%	29.4%
Average household size	3.52	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1991	1968