Franklin Furnace vs West Portsmouth

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

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

West Portsmouth has the higher population (2,806 vs 1,511 in Franklin Furnace). Franklin Furnace has the higher median household income ($60,306 vs $48,925 in West Portsmouth). West Portsmouth has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $116,200 in Franklin Furnace).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
Population	1,511	2,806
Median age	37.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,306	$48,925
Median home value	$116,200	$116,900
Median gross rent	$599	$691
Housing units	546	1,345
Homeownership rate	79.7%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
Population	1,559 → 1,511 (-3.1%)	3,213 → 2,806 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$40,270 → $60,306 (+49.8%)	$42,047 → $48,925 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $116,200 (+35.3%)	$70,700 → $116,900 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $599 (+1.2%)	$656 → $691 (+5.3%)

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

West Portsmouth

Population

3,2132,806

Median household income

$42,047$48,925

Median home value

$70,700$116,900

Median gross rent

$656$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
Under 5	3.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	21.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	19.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	14.6%
75 and over	7.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	48.0%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
Drove alone	85.3%	92.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	55.5%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Furnace	West Portsmouth
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1977	1957