Franklin vs Hamburg

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

Franklin and Hamburg 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 3,293 in Hamburg). Hamburg has the higher median household income ($90,655 vs $90,152 in Franklin). Hamburg has the higher median home value ($258,200 vs $253,100 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Hamburg
Population	4,938	3,293
Median age	51.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,152	$90,655
Median home value	$253,100	$258,200
Median gross rent	$1,340	$1,714
Housing units	2,359	1,575
Homeownership rate	57.0%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Hamburg
Population	4,778 → 4,938 (+3.3%)	3,148 → 3,293 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$65,329 → $90,152 (+38.0%)	$76,650 → $90,655 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$187,600 → $253,100 (+34.9%)	$182,500 → $258,200 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,340 (+25.9%)	$1,376 → $1,714 (+24.6%)

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

Hamburg

Population

3,1483,293

Median household income

$76,650$90,655

Median home value

$182,500$258,200

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Hamburg
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	5.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.5%
75 and over	9.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Hamburg
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	63.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Hamburg
No high school diploma	8.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Hamburg
Drove alone	81.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	12.9%
Other means	0.9%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Hamburg
1-unit, detached	50.7%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	26.1%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	16.3%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Hamburg
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1958	1983