Clarktown vs Franklin Furnace

A side-by-side comparison of Clarktown and Franklin Furnace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Franklin Furnace has the higher population (1,511 vs 826 in Clarktown). Franklin Furnace has the higher median household income ($60,306 vs $55,750 in Clarktown). Clarktown has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $116,200 in Franklin Furnace).

Population, income & housing

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
Population	826	1,511
Median age	42.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$60,306
Median home value	$172,100	$116,200
Median gross rent	—	$599
Housing units	472	546
Homeownership rate	94.5%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
Population	596 → 826 (+38.6%)	1,559 → 1,511 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$53,611 → $55,750 (+4.0%)	$40,270 → $60,306 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $172,100 (+51.5%)	$85,900 → $116,200 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$592 → $599 (+1.2%)

Clarktown

Population

596826

Median household income

$53,611$55,750

Median home value

$113,600$172,100

Franklin Furnace

Population

1,5591,511

Median household income

$40,270$60,306

Median home value

$85,900$116,200

Median gross rent

$592$599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
Under 5	5.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.9%	21.3%
35 to 44	21.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	5.8%
75 and over	10.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
Drove alone	73.5%	85.3%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
1-unit, detached	100.0%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Clarktown	Franklin Furnace
Poverty rate	16.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1966	1977