Franklin vs Oil City

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

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

Oil City has the higher population (9,517 vs 6,026 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($54,955 vs $52,688 in Oil City). Franklin has the higher median home value ($109,200 vs $66,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Oil City
Population	6,026	9,517
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,955	$52,688
Median home value	$109,200	$66,600
Median gross rent	$731	$799
Housing units	2,950	4,661
Homeownership rate	49.8%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Oil City
Population	6,148 → 6,026 (-2.0%)	9,846 → 9,517 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $54,955 (+25.4%)	$39,750 → $52,688 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $109,200 (+27.3%)	$51,700 → $66,600 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $731 (+22.0%)	$612 → $799 (+30.6%)

Franklin

Population

6,1486,026

Median household income

$43,828$54,955

Median home value

$85,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$599$731

Oil City

Population

9,8469,517

Median household income

$39,750$52,688

Median home value

$51,700$66,600

Median gross rent

$612$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Oil City
Under 5	8.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.8%
75 and over	9.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	94.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Oil City
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Oil City
Drove alone	59.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	14.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	8.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Oil City
1-unit, detached	64.7%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Oil City
Poverty rate	17.2%	18.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938