Franklinville vs Gowanda

A side-by-side comparison of Franklinville and Gowanda: population, income, housing, and more.

Franklinville and Gowanda are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gowanda has the higher population (2,929 vs 2,063 in Franklinville). Franklinville has the higher median household income ($68,580 vs $49,946 in Gowanda). Franklinville has the higher median home value ($91,600 vs $84,700 in Gowanda).

Population, income & housing

	Franklinville	Gowanda
Population	2,063	2,929
Median age	35.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,580	$49,946
Median home value	$91,600	$84,700
Median gross rent	$599	$709
Housing units	808	1,306
Homeownership rate	77.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklinville	Gowanda
Population	1,687 → 2,063 (+22.3%)	2,898 → 2,929 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$47,277 → $68,580 (+45.1%)	$40,109 → $49,946 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $91,600 (+32.4%)	$80,000 → $84,700 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $599 (-6.1%)	$651 → $709 (+8.9%)

Franklinville

Population

1,6872,063

Median household income

$47,277$68,580

Median home value

$69,200$91,600

Median gross rent

$638$599

Gowanda

Population

2,8982,929

Median household income

$40,109$49,946

Median home value

$80,000$84,700

Median gross rent

$651$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklinville	Gowanda
Under 5	6.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	23.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.4%
75 and over	7.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklinville	Gowanda
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	5.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklinville	Gowanda
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	43.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklinville	Gowanda
Drove alone	65.1%	72.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	4.8%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklinville	Gowanda
1-unit, detached	77.5%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	26.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklinville	Gowanda
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938