Bird Island vs Franklin

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

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

Bird Island has the higher population (964 vs 513 in Franklin). Bird Island has the higher median household income ($71,190 vs $54,904 in Franklin). Bird Island has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $84,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Bird Island	Franklin
Population	964	513
Median age	49.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,190	$54,904
Median home value	$114,600	$84,800
Median gross rent	$617	$883
Housing units	496	201
Homeownership rate	81.7%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird Island	Franklin
Population	858 → 964 (+12.4%)	553 → 513 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$53,021 → $71,190 (+34.3%)	$36,458 → $54,904 (+50.6%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $114,600 (+47.7%)	$74,200 → $84,800 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $617 (+15.5%)	$579 → $883 (+52.5%)

Bird Island

Population

858964

Median household income

$53,021$71,190

Median home value

$77,600$114,600

Median gross rent

$534$617

Franklin

Population

553513

Median household income

$36,458$54,904

Median home value

$74,200$84,800

Median gross rent

$579$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird Island	Franklin
Under 5	5.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	19.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	17.7%
75 and over	9.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird Island	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	80.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.5%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird Island	Franklin
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird Island	Franklin
Drove alone	90.0%	88.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird Island	Franklin
1-unit, detached	80.2%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bird Island	Franklin
Poverty rate	10.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1958	1960