Franklin Furnace vs Wheelersburg

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

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

Wheelersburg has the higher population (6,414 vs 1,511 in Franklin Furnace). Wheelersburg has the higher median household income ($70,795 vs $60,306 in Franklin Furnace). Wheelersburg has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $116,200 in Franklin Furnace).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
Population	1,511	6,414
Median age	37.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,306	$70,795
Median home value	$116,200	$209,200
Median gross rent	$599	$715
Housing units	546	2,802
Homeownership rate	79.7%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
Population	1,559 → 1,511 (-3.1%)	6,082 → 6,414 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$40,270 → $60,306 (+49.8%)	$58,730 → $70,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $116,200 (+35.3%)	$159,300 → $209,200 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $599 (+1.2%)	$621 → $715 (+15.1%)

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

Wheelersburg

Population

6,0826,414

Median household income

$58,730$70,795

Median home value

$159,300$209,200

Median gross rent

$621$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
Under 5	3.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	21.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	19.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	48.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
Drove alone	85.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
1-unit, detached	55.5%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Furnace	Wheelersburg
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1977	1975