Franklin vs Sugarcreek

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

Franklin and Sugarcreek 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 4,745 in Sugarcreek). Sugarcreek has the higher median household income ($59,594 vs $54,955 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($109,200 vs $100,000 in Sugarcreek).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
Population	6,026	4,745
Median age	43.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,955	$59,594
Median home value	$109,200	$100,000
Median gross rent	$731	$981
Housing units	2,950	2,314
Homeownership rate	49.8%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
Population	6,148 → 6,026 (-2.0%)	5,014 → 4,745 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $54,955 (+25.4%)	$42,315 → $59,594 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $109,200 (+27.3%)	$76,700 → $100,000 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $731 (+22.0%)	$601 → $981 (+63.2%)

Franklin

Population

6,1486,026

Median household income

$43,828$54,955

Median home value

$85,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$599$731

Sugarcreek

Population

5,0144,745

Median household income

$42,315$59,594

Median home value

$76,700$100,000

Median gross rent

$601$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
Under 5	8.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.4%
75 and over	9.4%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	97.5%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
Drove alone	59.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	16.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
1-unit, detached	64.7%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Sugarcreek
Poverty rate	17.2%	9.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1938	1954