Blandburg vs Franklin

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

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

Blandburg has the higher population (315 vs 289 in Franklin). Blandburg has the higher median household income ($73,036 vs $39,583 in Franklin). Blandburg has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $45,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Blandburg	Franklin
Population	315	289
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,036	$39,583
Median home value	$109,100	$45,300
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	151	203
Homeownership rate	94.0%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandburg	Franklin
Population	334 → 315 (-5.7%)	224 → 289 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $73,036 (+90.5%)	$35,000 → $39,583 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $109,100 (+35.9%)	$38,400 → $45,300 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $567 (-1.0%)	$500 → $817 (+63.4%)

Blandburg

Population

334315

Median household income

$38,333$73,036

Median home value

$80,300$109,100

Median gross rent

$573$567

Franklin

Population

224289

Median household income

$35,000$39,583

Median home value

$38,400$45,300

Median gross rent

$500$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandburg	Franklin
Under 5	4.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	33.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	1.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	17.6%
35 to 44	20.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	5.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.8%
75 and over	5.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandburg	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandburg	Franklin
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	69.6%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandburg	Franklin
Drove alone	91.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandburg	Franklin
1-unit, detached	72.2%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.2%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blandburg	Franklin
Poverty rate	23.4%	27.2%
Average household size	2.60	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1964	1938