Franklin Square vs Oceanside

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

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

Oceanside has the higher population (31,907 vs 30,559 in Franklin Square). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($145,282 vs $140,051 in Franklin Square). Franklin Square has the higher median home value ($640,300 vs $626,700 in Oceanside).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
Population	30,559	31,907
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$140,051	$145,282
Median home value	$640,300	$626,700
Median gross rent	$2,052	$2,118
Housing units	10,062	11,268
Homeownership rate	83.0%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
Population	32,055 → 30,559 (-4.7%)	30,604 → 31,907 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$107,415 → $140,051 (+30.4%)	$118,196 → $145,282 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $640,300 (+34.5%)	$472,100 → $626,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,761 → $2,052 (+16.5%)	$1,581 → $2,118 (+34.0%)

Franklin Square

Population

32,05530,559

Median household income

$107,415$140,051

Median home value

$476,100$640,300

Median gross rent

$1,761$2,052

Oceanside

Population

30,60431,907

Median household income

$118,196$145,282

Median home value

$472,100$626,700

Median gross rent

$1,581$2,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.6%
75 and over	8.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	78.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
Drove alone	68.6%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.6%
Public transit	11.2%	11.5%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.1%	14.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
1-unit, detached	85.3%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Square	Oceanside
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.7%
Average household size	3.12	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1954	1956