Franklin Square vs Plainview

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

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

Franklin Square has the higher population (30,559 vs 26,251 in Plainview). Plainview has the higher median household income ($185,531 vs $140,051 in Franklin Square). Plainview has the higher median home value ($729,100 vs $640,300 in Franklin Square).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Square	Plainview
Population	30,559	26,251
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$140,051	$185,531
Median home value	$640,300	$729,100
Median gross rent	$2,052	$3,026
Housing units	10,062	9,136
Homeownership rate	83.0%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Square	Plainview
Population	32,055 → 30,559 (-4.7%)	26,453 → 26,251 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$107,415 → $140,051 (+30.4%)	$146,853 → $185,531 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $640,300 (+34.5%)	$594,000 → $729,100 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,761 → $2,052 (+16.5%)	$1,566 → $3,026 (+93.2%)

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

Plainview

Population

26,45326,251

Median household income

$146,853$185,531

Median home value

$594,000$729,100

Median gross rent

$1,566$3,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Square	Plainview
Under 5	5.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Square	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	72.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Square	Plainview
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	35.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Square	Plainview
Drove alone	68.6%	61.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.6%
Public transit	11.2%	10.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.1%	22.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Square	Plainview
1-unit, detached	85.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Square	Plainview
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.7%
Average household size	3.12	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1954	1957