Chillicothe vs Frankfort

A side-by-side comparison of Chillicothe and Frankfort: population, income, housing, and more.

Chillicothe and Frankfort are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chillicothe has the higher population (21,958 vs 1,419 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median household income ($62,583 vs $49,193 in Chillicothe). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $145,900 in Chillicothe).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
Population	21,958	1,419
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,193	$62,583
Median home value	$145,900	$159,100
Median gross rent	$842	$769
Housing units	10,820	707
Homeownership rate	60.8%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
Population	21,719 → 21,958 (+1.1%)	1,409 → 1,419 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$44,323 → $49,193 (+11.0%)	$41,250 → $62,583 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $145,900 (+24.9%)	$112,000 → $159,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $842 (+10.6%)	$824 → $769 (-6.7%)

Chillicothe

Population

21,71921,958

Median household income

$44,323$49,193

Median home value

$116,800$145,900

Median gross rent

$761$842

Frankfort

Population

1,4091,419

Median household income

$41,250$62,583

Median home value

$112,000$159,100

Median gross rent

$824$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.9%
75 and over	8.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	8.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	40.9%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
Drove alone	81.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	14.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
1-unit, detached	71.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Frankfort
Poverty rate	20.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1955	1965