Franklin Park vs Wilkinsburg

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

Franklin Park and Wilkinsburg 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 14,165 in Wilkinsburg). Franklin Park has the higher median household income ($172,200 vs $48,565 in Wilkinsburg). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($467,700 vs $140,300 in Wilkinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
Population	15,273	14,165
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$172,200	$48,565
Median home value	$467,700	$140,300
Median gross rent	$2,063	$978
Housing units	5,591	9,876
Homeownership rate	92.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.2%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
Population	14,589 → 15,273 (+4.7%)	15,485 → 14,165 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$134,688 → $172,200 (+27.9%)	$36,743 → $48,565 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$350,200 → $467,700 (+33.6%)	$87,800 → $140,300 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $2,063 (+23.3%)	$838 → $978 (+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

Wilkinsburg

Population

15,48514,165

Median household income

$36,743$48,565

Median home value

$87,800$140,300

Median gross rent

$838$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
Under 5	6.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	19.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.2%
75 and over	4.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	37.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
No high school diploma	1.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	7.2%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
Drove alone	70.8%	47.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.7%	20.8%
Walked	0.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.0%	19.8%
Other means	1.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
1-unit, detached	81.7%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	22.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Park	Wilkinsburg
Poverty rate	0.9%	20.3%
Average household size	2.87	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1986	1947