Franklin Park vs McKeesport

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin Park and McKeesport: population, income, housing, and more.

Franklin Park and McKeesport are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McKeesport has the higher population (17,520 vs 15,273 in Franklin Park). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($172,200 vs $31,854 in McKeesport). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($467,700 vs $69,800 in McKeesport).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
Population	15,273	17,520
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$172,200	$31,854
Median home value	$467,700	$69,800
Median gross rent	$2,063	$786
Housing units	5,591	9,638
Homeownership rate	92.3%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
Population	14,589 → 15,273 (+4.7%)	19,225 → 17,520 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$134,688 → $172,200 (+27.9%)	$29,094 → $31,854 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$350,200 → $467,700 (+33.6%)	$48,000 → $69,800 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $2,063 (+23.3%)	$634 → $786 (+24.0%)

Franklin Park

Population

14,58915,273

Median household income

$134,688$172,200

Median home value

$350,200$467,700

Median gross rent

$1,673$2,063

McKeesport

Population

19,22517,520

Median household income

$29,094$31,854

Median home value

$48,000$69,800

Median gross rent

$634$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.0%
75 and over	4.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	47.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	38.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
No high school diploma	1.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	7.2%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
Drove alone	70.8%	67.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.7%	9.5%
Walked	0.2%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.0%	9.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
1-unit, detached	81.7%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	McKeesport
Poverty rate	0.9%	32.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1986	1947