Franklin vs Morton

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (513 vs 432 in Morton). Morton has the higher median household income ($63,571 vs $54,904 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $76,600 in Morton).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Morton
Population	513	432
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,904	$63,571
Median home value	$84,800	$76,600
Median gross rent	$883	$850
Housing units	201	192
Homeownership rate	83.9%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Morton
Population	553 → 513 (-7.2%)	368 → 432 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$36,458 → $54,904 (+50.6%)	$43,000 → $63,571 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$74,200 → $84,800 (+14.3%)	$63,400 → $76,600 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $883 (+52.5%)	$593 → $850 (+43.3%)

Franklin

Population

553513

Median household income

$36,458$54,904

Median home value

$74,200$84,800

Median gross rent

$579$883

Morton

Population

368432

Median household income

$43,000$63,571

Median home value

$63,400$76,600

Median gross rent

$593$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Morton
Under 5	3.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.7%	11.6%
75 and over	3.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	84.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	7.2%
Asian	5.7%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Morton
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	44.6%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Morton
Drove alone	88.4%	85.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.6%
Other means	1.9%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Morton
1-unit, detached	95.5%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Morton
Poverty rate	15.1%	7.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1960	1940