Franklin Square vs Uniondale

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

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

Uniondale has the higher population (33,637 vs 30,559 in Franklin Square). Franklin Square has the higher median household income ($140,051 vs $115,037 in Uniondale). Franklin Square has the higher median home value ($640,300 vs $511,300 in Uniondale).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
Population	30,559	33,637
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,051	$115,037
Median home value	$640,300	$511,300
Median gross rent	$2,052	$2,570
Housing units	10,062	9,085
Homeownership rate	83.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
Population	32,055 → 30,559 (-4.7%)	32,007 → 33,637 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$107,415 → $140,051 (+30.4%)	$85,471 → $115,037 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $640,300 (+34.5%)	$361,000 → $511,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,761 → $2,052 (+16.5%)	$1,933 → $2,570 (+33.0%)

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

Uniondale

Population

32,00733,637

Median household income

$85,471$115,037

Median home value

$361,000$511,300

Median gross rent

$1,933$2,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
Under 5	5.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.0%
75 and over	8.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	16.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
No high school diploma	9.3%	16.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
Drove alone	68.6%	59.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	15.0%
Public transit	11.2%	10.7%
Walked	0.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
1-unit, detached	85.3%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Square	Uniondale
Poverty rate	5.8%	10.5%
Average household size	3.12	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1954	1956