Franklin vs Hooksett

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

Franklin and Hooksett 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 5,362 in Hooksett). Hooksett has the higher median household income ($91,005 vs $69,870 in Franklin). Hooksett has the higher median home value ($298,900 vs $243,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Hooksett
Population	8,757	5,362
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,870	$91,005
Median home value	$243,800	$298,900
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,829
Housing units	3,994	2,466
Homeownership rate	62.3%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Hooksett
Population	8,623 → 8,757 (+1.6%)	5,355 → 5,362 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$52,795 → $69,870 (+32.3%)	$76,466 → $91,005 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$164,800 → $243,800 (+47.9%)	$221,200 → $298,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,088 (+28.5%)	$1,565 → $1,829 (+16.9%)

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

Hooksett

Population

5,3555,362

Median household income

$76,466$91,005

Median home value

$221,200$298,900

Median gross rent

$1,565$1,829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Hooksett
Under 5	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.9%
75 and over	10.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Hooksett
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Hooksett
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Hooksett
Drove alone	76.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	17.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Hooksett
1-unit, detached	55.5%	36.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Hooksett
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1958	1987