Bunn vs Franklinton

A side-by-side comparison of Bunn and Franklinton: population, income, housing, and more.

Bunn and Franklinton are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Franklinton has the higher population (2,562 vs 468 in Bunn). Franklinton has the higher median household income ($64,053 vs $53,750 in Bunn). Bunn has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $195,800 in Franklinton).

Population, income & housing

	Bunn	Franklinton
Population	468	2,562
Median age	45.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$64,053
Median home value	$212,500	$195,800
Median gross rent	$859	$995
Housing units	247	1,091
Homeownership rate	58.8%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunn	Franklinton
Population	298 → 468 (+57.0%)	2,260 → 2,562 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $53,750 (+67.5%)	$39,018 → $64,053 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $212,500 (+150.0%)	$99,900 → $195,800 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $859 (+19.1%)	$782 → $995 (+27.2%)

Bunn

Population

298468

Median household income

$32,083$53,750

Median home value

$85,000$212,500

Median gross rent

$721$859

Franklinton

Population

2,2602,562

Median household income

$39,018$64,053

Median home value

$99,900$195,800

Median gross rent

$782$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunn	Franklinton
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.7%
75 and over	10.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunn	Franklinton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	51.7%
Black or African American	24.1%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	21.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunn	Franklinton
No high school diploma	22.6%	10.7%
High school graduate	27.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunn	Franklinton
Drove alone	52.1%	73.8%
Carpooled	20.9%	10.9%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunn	Franklinton
1-unit, detached	78.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Bunn	Franklinton
Poverty rate	5.3%	10.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1968	1956