Daisytown vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (289 vs 270 in Daisytown). Daisytown has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $39,583 in Franklin). Daisytown has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $45,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Daisytown	Franklin
Population	270	289
Median age	52.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$39,583
Median home value	$88,500	$45,300
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	124	203
Homeownership rate	96.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daisytown	Franklin
Population	332 → 270 (-18.7%)	224 → 289 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$52,188 → $66,250 (+26.9%)	$35,000 → $39,583 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $88,500 (+9.9%)	$38,400 → $45,300 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $500 (-13.0%)	$500 → $817 (+63.4%)

Daisytown

Population

332270

Median household income

$52,188$66,250

Median home value

$80,500$88,500

Median gross rent

$575$500

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)

	Daisytown	Franklin
Under 5	4.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	5.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.8%
75 and over	14.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daisytown	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daisytown	Franklin
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	51.0%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daisytown	Franklin
Drove alone	82.0%	86.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daisytown	Franklin
1-unit, detached	91.9%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	20.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Daisytown	Franklin
Poverty rate	5.6%	27.2%
Average household size	2.25	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1952	1938