Franklin Center vs Lyons

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

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

Franklin Center has the higher population (5,770 vs 5,444 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($243,958 vs $138,643 in Franklin Center). Lyons has the higher median home value ($936,000 vs $565,200 in Franklin Center).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Center	Lyons
Population	5,770	5,444
Median age	56.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$138,643	$243,958
Median home value	$565,200	$936,000
Median gross rent	$2,588	—
Housing units	2,592	1,734
Homeownership rate	69.4%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Center	Lyons
Population	5,860 → 5,770 (-1.5%)	5,331 → 5,444 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$104,044 → $138,643 (+33.3%)	$206,683 → $243,958 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$437,700 → $565,200 (+29.1%)	$737,100 → $936,000 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,013 → $2,588 (+28.6%)	—

Franklin Center

Population

5,8605,770

Median household income

$104,044$138,643

Median home value

$437,700$565,200

Median gross rent

$2,013$2,588

Lyons

Population

5,3315,444

Median household income

$206,683$243,958

Median home value

$737,100$936,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Center	Lyons
Under 5	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	9.3%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	2.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	18.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	22.5%	12.0%
75 and over	14.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Center	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	66.8%
Black or African American	15.4%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	30.1%	19.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Center	Lyons
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	9.9%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Center	Lyons
Drove alone	56.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	3.6%	9.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.6%	24.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Center	Lyons
1-unit, detached	47.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	20.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Center	Lyons
Poverty rate	5.6%	1.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	2006	1985