Franklin vs Pittsfield

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

Franklin and Pittsfield 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 1,882 in Pittsfield). Franklin has the higher median household income ($69,870 vs $50,804 in Pittsfield). Franklin has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $242,600 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Pittsfield
Population	8,757	1,882
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,870	$50,804
Median home value	$243,800	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,167
Housing units	3,994	1,009
Homeownership rate	62.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Pittsfield
Population	8,623 → 8,757 (+1.6%)	1,615 → 1,882 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$52,795 → $69,870 (+32.3%)	$49,167 → $50,804 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$164,800 → $243,800 (+47.9%)	$158,900 → $242,600 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,088 (+28.5%)	$866 → $1,167 (+34.8%)

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

Pittsfield

Population

1,6151,882

Median household income

$49,167$50,804

Median home value

$158,900$242,600

Median gross rent

$866$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Pittsfield
Under 5	4.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	19.1%
75 and over	10.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Pittsfield
Drove alone	76.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	55.5%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1958	1941