Franklintown vs Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Franklintown and Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jefferson has the higher population (528 vs 432 in Franklintown). Jefferson has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $67,098 in Franklintown). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $162,900 in Franklintown).

Population, income & housing

	Franklintown	Jefferson
Population	432	528
Median age	46.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,098	$83,750
Median home value	$162,900	$206,800
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,179
Housing units	232	247
Homeownership rate	57.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklintown	Jefferson
Population	388 → 432 (+11.3%)	629 → 528 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $67,098 (+13.4%)	$57,813 → $83,750 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $162,900 (+28.8%)	$167,800 → $206,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,250 (+29.8%)	$832 → $1,179 (+41.7%)

Franklintown

Population

388432

Median household income

$59,167$67,098

Median home value

$126,500$162,900

Median gross rent

$963$1,250

Jefferson

Population

629528

Median household income

$57,813$83,750

Median home value

$167,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$832$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklintown	Jefferson
Under 5	3.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	3.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	16.7%	6.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	25.7%	25.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	12.1%
75 and over	3.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklintown	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklintown	Jefferson
No high school diploma	1.2%	17.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklintown	Jefferson
Drove alone	76.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	15.8%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklintown	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	39.7%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	28.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklintown	Jefferson
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1990	1954