Franklin vs Riverside

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

Franklin and Riverside 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 262 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($63,472 vs $39,583 in Franklin). Riverside has the higher median home value ($104,900 vs $45,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Riverside
Population	289	262
Median age	34.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$63,472
Median home value	$45,300	$104,900
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	203	202
Homeownership rate	78.0%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Riverside
Population	224 → 289 (+29.0%)	284 → 262 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $39,583 (+13.1%)	$54,569 → $63,472 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$38,400 → $45,300 (+18.0%)	$81,900 → $104,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $817 (+63.4%)	—

Franklin

Population

224289

Median household income

$35,000$39,583

Median home value

$38,400$45,300

Median gross rent

$500$817

Riverside

Population

284262

Median household income

$54,569$63,472

Median home value

$81,900$104,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Riverside
Under 5	9.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	8.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	17.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	31.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.6%
75 and over	10.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
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	4.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Riverside
No high school diploma	5.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	59.0%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Riverside
Drove alone	86.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Riverside
1-unit, detached	70.4%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	20.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Riverside
Poverty rate	27.2%	8.0%
Average household size	1.93	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1938	1959