Franklin vs Woodland Heights

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

Franklin and Woodland Heights 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 1,446 in Woodland Heights). Franklin has the higher median household income ($54,955 vs $51,607 in Woodland Heights). Woodland Heights has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $109,200 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
Population	6,026	1,446
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,955	$51,607
Median home value	$109,200	$110,300
Median gross rent	$731	$862
Housing units	2,950	741
Homeownership rate	49.8%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
Population	6,148 → 6,026 (-2.0%)	1,129 → 1,446 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $54,955 (+25.4%)	$46,063 → $51,607 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $109,200 (+27.3%)	$107,300 → $110,300 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $731 (+22.0%)	$670 → $862 (+28.7%)

Franklin

Population

6,1486,026

Median household income

$43,828$54,955

Median home value

$85,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$599$731

Woodland Heights

Population

1,1291,446

Median household income

$46,063$51,607

Median home value

$107,300$110,300

Median gross rent

$670$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
Under 5	8.2%	11.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	3.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	17.7%
75 and over	9.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	4.7%	2.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
Drove alone	59.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
1-unit, detached	64.7%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Woodland Heights
Poverty rate	17.2%	22.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	39
Median year structure built	1938	1955