Franklin vs Hopatcong

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

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

Hopatcong has the higher population (14,470 vs 4,938 in Franklin). Hopatcong has the higher median household income ($114,057 vs $90,152 in Franklin). Hopatcong has the higher median home value ($318,600 vs $253,100 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Hopatcong
Population	4,938	14,470
Median age	51.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,152	$114,057
Median home value	$253,100	$318,600
Median gross rent	$1,340	$1,563
Housing units	2,359	6,427
Homeownership rate	57.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Hopatcong
Population	4,778 → 4,938 (+3.3%)	14,281 → 14,470 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$65,329 → $90,152 (+38.0%)	$89,400 → $114,057 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$187,600 → $253,100 (+34.9%)	$237,000 → $318,600 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,340 (+25.9%)	$1,456 → $1,563 (+7.3%)

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

Hopatcong

Population

14,28114,470

Median household income

$89,400$114,057

Median home value

$237,000$318,600

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Hopatcong
Under 5	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	20.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	8.9%
75 and over	9.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Hopatcong
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Hopatcong
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Hopatcong
Drove alone	81.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	15.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Hopatcong
1-unit, detached	50.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Hopatcong
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1958	1962