Franklin Park vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (23,851 vs 13,327 in Franklin Park). Somerset has the higher median household income ($113,603 vs $111,508 in Franklin Park). Somerset has the higher median home value ($408,600 vs $326,800 in Franklin Park).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	Somerset
Population	13,327	23,851
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,508	$113,603
Median home value	$326,800	$408,600
Median gross rent	$2,074	$2,050
Housing units	5,338	10,036
Homeownership rate	56.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	Somerset
Population	13,977 → 13,327 (-4.7%)	24,509 → 23,851 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$92,904 → $111,508 (+20.0%)	$96,197 → $113,603 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$283,100 → $326,800 (+15.4%)	$315,900 → $408,600 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $2,074 (+18.9%)	$1,629 → $2,050 (+25.8%)

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

Somerset

Population

24,50923,851

Median household income

$96,197$113,603

Median home value

$315,900$408,600

Median gross rent

$1,629$2,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerset
Under 5	7.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.9%
75 and over	3.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	32.3%
Black or African American	27.6%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	37.4%	21.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	Somerset
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	16.1%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerset
Drove alone	64.1%	69.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.4%
Public transit	6.8%	6.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	17.1%
Other means	4.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerset
1-unit, detached	9.8%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	32.8%	24.9%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	8.7%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	Somerset
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1992	1980