Franklin Park vs Whitehall

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

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

Franklin Park has the higher population (15,273 vs 14,863 in Whitehall). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($172,200 vs $85,000 in Whitehall). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($467,700 vs $229,200 in Whitehall).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
Population	15,273	14,863
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$172,200	$85,000
Median home value	$467,700	$229,200
Median gross rent	$2,063	$909
Housing units	5,591	7,079
Homeownership rate	92.3%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
Population	14,589 → 15,273 (+4.7%)	13,517 → 14,863 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$134,688 → $172,200 (+27.9%)	$66,484 → $85,000 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$350,200 → $467,700 (+33.6%)	$162,600 → $229,200 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $2,063 (+23.3%)	$779 → $909 (+16.7%)

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

Whitehall

Population

13,51714,863

Median household income

$66,484$85,000

Median home value

$162,600$229,200

Median gross rent

$779$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.6%
75 and over	4.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	80.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	13.8%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
No high school diploma	1.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	7.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
Drove alone	70.8%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.7%	5.9%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	13.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	81.7%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	Whitehall
Poverty rate	0.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.87	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1986	1958