Franklin vs Henniker

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (8,757 vs 2,880 in Henniker). Henniker has the higher median household income ($73,339 vs $69,870 in Franklin). Henniker has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $243,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Henniker
Population	8,757	2,880
Median age	42.9 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,870	$73,339
Median home value	$243,800	$267,500
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,084
Housing units	3,994	1,025
Homeownership rate	62.3%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Henniker
Population	8,623 → 8,757 (+1.6%)	1,756 → 2,880 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$52,795 → $69,870 (+32.3%)	$69,674 → $73,339 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$164,800 → $243,800 (+47.9%)	$245,200 → $267,500 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,088 (+28.5%)	$770 → $1,084 (+40.8%)

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

Henniker

Population

1,7562,880

Median household income

$69,674$73,339

Median home value

$245,200$267,500

Median gross rent

$770$1,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Henniker
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	6.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	46.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	1.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	4.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	4.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.6%
75 and over	10.8%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Henniker
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Henniker
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Henniker
Drove alone	76.9%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	13.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Henniker
1-unit, detached	55.5%	39.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	28.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Henniker
Poverty rate	6.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1958	1972