Franklin vs Zihlman

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (356 vs 305 in Zihlman). Zihlman has the higher median household income ($50,595 vs $14,738 in Franklin). Since 2019, Franklin's population has grown faster (+91.4% vs -17.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Zihlman
Population	356	305
Median age	55.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$14,738	$50,595
Median home value	—	$100,800
Median gross rent	$245	—
Housing units	129	194
Homeownership rate	39.5%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Zihlman
Population	186 → 356 (+91.4%)	369 → 305 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$11,822 → $14,738 (+24.7%)	$43,625 → $50,595 (+16.0%)
Median home value	—	$89,400 → $100,800 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$279 → $245 (-12.2%)	—

Franklin

Population

186356

Median household income

$11,822$14,738

Median gross rent

$279$245

Zihlman

Population

369305

Median household income

$43,625$50,595

Median home value

$89,400$100,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Zihlman
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	32.0%	1.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	27.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	24.6%
75 and over	11.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Zihlman
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	Zihlman
No high school diploma	31.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Zihlman
Drove alone	54.7%	48.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.3%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Zihlman
1-unit, detached	39.5%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	60.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Zihlman
Poverty rate	87.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.19	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938