Bound Brook vs Franklin Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bound Brook and Franklin Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Franklin Park has the higher population (13,327 vs 12,023 in Bound Brook). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($111,508 vs $80,876 in Bound Brook). Bound Brook has the higher median home value ($362,900 vs $326,800 in Franklin Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
Population	12,023	13,327
Median age	35.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,876	$111,508
Median home value	$362,900	$326,800
Median gross rent	$1,842	$2,074
Housing units	4,783	5,338
Homeownership rate	41.8%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
Population	10,288 → 12,023 (+16.9%)	13,977 → 13,327 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$70,540 → $80,876 (+14.7%)	$92,904 → $111,508 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$273,700 → $362,900 (+32.6%)	$283,100 → $326,800 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,443 → $1,842 (+27.7%)	$1,744 → $2,074 (+18.9%)

Bound Brook

Population

10,28812,023

Median household income

$70,540$80,876

Median home value

$273,700$362,900

Median gross rent

$1,443$1,842

Franklin Park

Population

13,97713,327

Median household income

$92,904$111,508

Median home value

$283,100$326,800

Median gross rent

$1,744$2,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
Under 5	5.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.1%
75 and over	5.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	19.6%
Black or African American	6.4%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	37.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
No high school diploma	15.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
Drove alone	65.2%	64.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	8.4%
Public transit	4.1%	6.8%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.8%
Other means	6.3%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
1-unit, detached	41.2%	9.8%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	32.8%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	28.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bound Brook	Franklin Park
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1955	1992