Franklin vs McCoole

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

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

McCoole has the higher population (396 vs 356 in Franklin). McCoole has the higher median household income ($58,047 vs $14,738 in Franklin). Since 2019, Franklin's population has grown faster (+91.4% vs -42.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	McCoole
Population	356	396
Median age	55.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$14,738	$58,047
Median home value	—	$127,800
Median gross rent	$245	—
Housing units	129	163
Homeownership rate	39.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	McCoole
Population	186 → 356 (+91.4%)	692 → 396 (-42.8%)
Median household income	$11,822 → $14,738 (+24.7%)	$40,880 → $58,047 (+42.0%)
Median home value	—	$81,600 → $127,800 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$279 → $245 (-12.2%)	—

Franklin

Population

186356

Median household income

$11,822$14,738

Median gross rent

$279$245

McCoole

Population

692396

Median household income

$40,880$58,047

Median home value

$81,600$127,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	McCoole
Under 5	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	32.0%	24.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	27.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.9%
75 and over	11.5%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	McCoole
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	McCoole
No high school diploma	31.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	McCoole
Drove alone	54.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	McCoole
1-unit, detached	39.5%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	60.5%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	McCoole
Poverty rate	87.6%	27.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1981