Frankfort vs Thompsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Frankfort and Thompsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Frankfort and Thompsonville are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Frankfort has the higher population (1,158 vs 508 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $51,813 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($305,600 vs $100,700 in Thompsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
Population	1,158	508
Median age	60.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,813	$62,083
Median home value	$305,600	$100,700
Median gross rent	$749	$731
Housing units	850	292
Homeownership rate	62.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
Population	1,059 → 1,158 (+9.3%)	481 → 508 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $51,813 (+24.9%)	$34,375 → $62,083 (+80.6%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $305,600 (+63.0%)	$80,000 → $100,700 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $749 (+19.1%)	$433 → $731 (+68.8%)

Frankfort

Population

1,0591,158

Median household income

$41,500$51,813

Median home value

$187,500$305,600

Median gross rent

$629$749

Thompsonville

Population

481508

Median household income

$34,375$62,083

Median home value

$80,000$100,700

Median gross rent

$433$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	18.0%	10.4%
75 and over	23.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.5%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	11.3%	15.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
Drove alone	70.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	69.9%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	13.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Frankfort	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	13.0%	15.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1970	1974