Franklin vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (3,478 vs 2,610 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($176,571 vs $88,214 in Oxford). Franklin has the higher median home value ($696,700 vs $351,300 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Oxford
Population	2,610	3,478
Median age	49.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$176,571	$88,214
Median home value	$696,700	$351,300
Median gross rent	$3,175	$901
Housing units	1,100	1,549
Homeownership rate	94.9%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.3%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Oxford
Population	3,310 → 2,610 (-21.1%)	3,542 → 3,478 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$161,607 → $176,571 (+9.3%)	$68,527 → $88,214 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$611,900 → $696,700 (+13.9%)	$210,000 → $351,300 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,659 → $3,175 (+19.4%)	$832 → $901 (+8.3%)

Franklin

Population

3,3102,610

Median household income

$161,607$176,571

Median home value

$611,900$696,700

Median gross rent

$2,659$3,175

Oxford

Population

3,5423,478

Median household income

$68,527$88,214

Median home value

$210,000$351,300

Median gross rent

$832$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
Under 5	7.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.2%
75 and over	12.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	13.1%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Oxford
No high school diploma	2.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	4.1%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	46.0%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
Drove alone	70.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	13.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Oxford
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Oxford
Poverty rate	2.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1958	1978