Franklin Park vs West Mifflin

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

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

West Mifflin has the higher population (19,338 vs 15,273 in Franklin Park). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($172,200 vs $70,335 in West Mifflin). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($467,700 vs $131,400 in West Mifflin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
Population	15,273	19,338
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$172,200	$70,335
Median home value	$467,700	$131,400
Median gross rent	$2,063	$748
Housing units	5,591	9,131
Homeownership rate	92.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
Population	14,589 → 15,273 (+4.7%)	19,834 → 19,338 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$134,688 → $172,200 (+27.9%)	$52,679 → $70,335 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$350,200 → $467,700 (+33.6%)	$99,000 → $131,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $2,063 (+23.3%)	$640 → $748 (+16.9%)

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

West Mifflin

Population

19,83419,338

Median household income

$52,679$70,335

Median home value

$99,000$131,400

Median gross rent

$640$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.9%
75 and over	4.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	81.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	7.2%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
Drove alone	70.8%	71.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.7%	5.5%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	12.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
1-unit, detached	81.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	West Mifflin
Poverty rate	0.9%	11.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1986	1956