Franklin vs Seneca

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

Franklin and Seneca 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 (6,026 vs 1,455 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($73,478 vs $54,955 in Franklin). Seneca has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $109,200 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Seneca
Population	6,026	1,455
Median age	43.0 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,955	$73,478
Median home value	$109,200	$134,900
Median gross rent	$731	$715
Housing units	2,950	700
Homeownership rate	49.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Seneca
Population	6,148 → 6,026 (-2.0%)	984 → 1,455 (+47.9%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $54,955 (+25.4%)	$45,096 → $73,478 (+62.9%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $109,200 (+27.3%)	$114,200 → $134,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $731 (+22.0%)	$877 → $715 (-18.5%)

Franklin

Population

6,1486,026

Median household income

$43,828$54,955

Median home value

$85,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$599$731

Seneca

Population

9841,455

Median household income

$45,096$73,478

Median home value

$114,200$134,900

Median gross rent

$877$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Seneca
Under 5	8.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	20.1%
75 and over	9.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Seneca
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Seneca
Drove alone	59.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	1.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Seneca
1-unit, detached	64.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	6.9%
20 or more units	6.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Seneca
Poverty rate	17.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1938	1975