Byram Center vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (4,938 vs 2,018 in Byram Center). Byram Center has the higher median household income ($122,639 vs $90,152 in Franklin). Byram Center has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $253,100 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Byram Center	Franklin
Population	2,018	4,938
Median age	38.9 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$122,639	$90,152
Median home value	$349,300	$253,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,340
Housing units	747	2,359
Homeownership rate	97.9%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram Center	Franklin
Population	39 → 2,018 (+5074.4%)	4,778 → 4,938 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $122,639 (+16.8%)	$65,329 → $90,152 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$279,000 → $349,300 (+25.2%)	$187,600 → $253,100 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,064 → $1,340 (+25.9%)

Byram Center

Population

392,018

Median household income

$105,000$122,639

Median home value

$279,000$349,300

Franklin

Population

4,7784,938

Median household income

$65,329$90,152

Median home value

$187,600$253,100

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram Center	Franklin
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	19.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	15.9%
75 and over	4.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram Center	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	75.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram Center	Franklin
No high school diploma	2.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	18.0%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram Center	Franklin
Drove alone	81.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	11.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram Center	Franklin
1-unit, detached	97.9%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Byram Center	Franklin
Poverty rate	2.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1971	1958