Franklin Park vs Somerville

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

Franklin Park and Somerville 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 12,958 in Somerville). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($111,508 vs $103,869 in Somerville). Somerville has the higher median home value ($403,600 vs $326,800 in Franklin Park).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	Somerville
Population	13,327	12,958
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,508	$103,869
Median home value	$326,800	$403,600
Median gross rent	$2,074	$1,748
Housing units	5,338	5,726
Homeownership rate	56.6%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	Somerville
Population	13,977 → 13,327 (-4.7%)	12,085 → 12,958 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$92,904 → $111,508 (+20.0%)	$77,104 → $103,869 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$283,100 → $326,800 (+15.4%)	$322,000 → $403,600 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $2,074 (+18.9%)	$1,388 → $1,748 (+25.9%)

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

Somerville

Population

12,08512,958

Median household income

$77,104$103,869

Median home value

$322,000$403,600

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerville
Under 5	7.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	23.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	5.9%
75 and over	3.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	19.6%	52.2%
Black or African American	27.6%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	37.4%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	Somerville
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	16.1%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerville
Drove alone	64.1%	64.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.9%
Public transit	6.8%	2.9%
Walked	0.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.8%	15.9%
Other means	4.6%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	Somerville
1-unit, detached	9.8%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	32.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	8.7%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	Somerville
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1992	1958