Concord vs Franklin

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

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

Concord has the higher population (44,219 vs 8,757 in Franklin). Concord has the higher median household income ($83,701 vs $69,870 in Franklin). Concord has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $243,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Franklin
Population	44,219	8,757
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,701	$69,870
Median home value	$323,700	$243,800
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,088
Housing units	19,110	3,994
Homeownership rate	57.4%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Franklin
Population	43,244 → 44,219 (+2.3%)	8,623 → 8,757 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$66,719 → $83,701 (+25.5%)	$52,795 → $69,870 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$230,200 → $323,700 (+40.6%)	$164,800 → $243,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,360 (+25.6%)	$847 → $1,088 (+28.5%)

Concord

Population

43,24444,219

Median household income

$66,719$83,701

Median home value

$230,200$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,360

Franklin

Population

8,6238,757

Median household income

$52,795$69,870

Median home value

$164,800$243,800

Median gross rent

$847$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Concord	Franklin
Under 5	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.0%
75 and over	7.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	94.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Franklin
No high school diploma	7.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	26.9%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Franklin
Drove alone	71.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	7.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Franklin
1-unit, detached	41.7%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	10.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Franklin
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1970	1958