Franklin vs South Hooksett

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

Franklin and South 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 5,806 in South Hooksett). South Hooksett has the higher median household income ($115,592 vs $69,870 in Franklin). South Hooksett has the higher median home value ($383,800 vs $243,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	South Hooksett
Population	8,757	5,806
Median age	42.9 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,870	$115,592
Median home value	$243,800	$383,800
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,300
Housing units	3,994	1,982
Homeownership rate	62.3%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	South Hooksett
Population	8,623 → 8,757 (+1.6%)	5,831 → 5,806 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,795 → $69,870 (+32.3%)	$96,440 → $115,592 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$164,800 → $243,800 (+47.9%)	$269,200 → $383,800 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,088 (+28.5%)	$1,075 → $1,300 (+20.9%)

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

South Hooksett

Population

5,8315,806

Median household income

$96,440$115,592

Median home value

$269,200$383,800

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	South Hooksett
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	19.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.5%
75 and over	10.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	South Hooksett
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	South Hooksett
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	South Hooksett
Drove alone	76.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	South Hooksett
1-unit, detached	55.5%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	South Hooksett
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1958	1982