Franklin vs Tunnelhill

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

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

Tunnelhill has the higher population (309 vs 289 in Franklin). Tunnelhill has the higher median household income ($62,250 vs $39,583 in Franklin). Tunnelhill has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $45,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
Population	289	309
Median age	34.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$62,250
Median home value	$45,300	$104,700
Median gross rent	$817	$907
Housing units	203	142
Homeownership rate	78.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
Population	224 → 289 (+29.0%)	328 → 309 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $39,583 (+13.1%)	$46,500 → $62,250 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$38,400 → $45,300 (+18.0%)	$91,900 → $104,700 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $817 (+63.4%)	$725 → $907 (+25.1%)

Franklin

Population

224289

Median household income

$35,000$39,583

Median home value

$38,400$45,300

Median gross rent

$500$817

Tunnelhill

Population

328309

Median household income

$46,500$62,250

Median home value

$91,900$104,700

Median gross rent

$725$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
Under 5	9.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	5.5%	20.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.7%
75 and over	10.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	59.0%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
Drove alone	86.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
1-unit, detached	70.4%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	20.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Tunnelhill
Poverty rate	27.2%	10.7%
Average household size	1.93	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1938	1963