Franklin Furnace vs New Boston

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

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

New Boston has the higher population (2,392 vs 1,511 in Franklin Furnace). Franklin Furnace has the higher median household income ($60,306 vs $25,759 in New Boston). Franklin Furnace has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $55,900 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
Population	1,511	2,392
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,306	$25,759
Median home value	$116,200	$55,900
Median gross rent	$599	$601
Housing units	546	1,169
Homeownership rate	79.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
Population	1,559 → 1,511 (-3.1%)	2,266 → 2,392 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$40,270 → $60,306 (+49.8%)	$22,332 → $25,759 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $116,200 (+35.3%)	$52,800 → $55,900 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $599 (+1.2%)	$528 → $601 (+13.8%)

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

New Boston

Population

2,2662,392

Median household income

$22,332$25,759

Median home value

$52,800$55,900

Median gross rent

$528$601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
Under 5	3.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	21.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.6%
75 and over	7.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	98.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
No high school diploma	10.5%	24.1%
High school graduate	48.0%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
Drove alone	85.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
1-unit, detached	55.5%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Furnace	New Boston
Poverty rate	10.1%	29.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1977	1955