Franklin vs Suncook

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

Franklin and Suncook 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 5,075 in Suncook). Suncook has the higher median household income ($73,109 vs $69,870 in Franklin). Suncook has the higher median home value ($307,700 vs $243,800 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Suncook
Population	8,757	5,075
Median age	42.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,870	$73,109
Median home value	$243,800	$307,700
Median gross rent	$1,088	$980
Housing units	3,994	2,341
Homeownership rate	62.3%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Suncook
Population	8,623 → 8,757 (+1.6%)	4,888 → 5,075 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,795 → $69,870 (+32.3%)	$57,826 → $73,109 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$164,800 → $243,800 (+47.9%)	$183,100 → $307,700 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,088 (+28.5%)	$793 → $980 (+23.6%)

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

Suncook

Population

4,8885,075

Median household income

$57,826$73,109

Median home value

$183,100$307,700

Median gross rent

$793$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Suncook
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.3%
75 and over	10.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Suncook
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Suncook
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Suncook
Drove alone	76.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	16.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Suncook
1-unit, detached	55.5%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	23.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	18.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Suncook
Poverty rate	6.4%	14.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1958	1952