Franklin vs Margaretville

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

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

Margaretville has the higher population (651 vs 413 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $36,411 in Margaretville). Margaretville has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $187,100 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Margaretville
Population	413	651
Median age	43.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$36,411
Median home value	$187,100	$192,400
Median gross rent	$785	$1,029
Housing units	216	391
Homeownership rate	62.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Margaretville
Population	394 → 413 (+4.8%)	553 → 651 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $80,000 (+37.1%)	$49,773 → $36,411 (-26.8%)
Median home value	$152,200 → $187,100 (+22.9%)	$171,100 → $192,400 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $785 (-3.0%)	$760 → $1,029 (+35.4%)

Franklin

Population

394413

Median household income

$58,333$80,000

Median home value

$152,200$187,100

Median gross rent

$809$785

Margaretville

Population

553651

Median household income

$49,773$36,411

Median home value

$171,100$192,400

Median gross rent

$760$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Margaretville
Under 5	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	19.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	9.2%
75 and over	4.1%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Margaretville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	58.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	37.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Margaretville
No high school diploma	4.0%	20.9%
High school graduate	24.1%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Margaretville
Drove alone	58.3%	63.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.3%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	27.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Margaretville
1-unit, detached	58.3%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	41.2%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Margaretville
Poverty rate	11.4%	20.8%
Average household size	2.24	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1938	1954