Franklintown vs Mount Royal

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

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

Franklintown has the higher population (432 vs 323 in Mount Royal). Mount Royal has the higher median household income ($81,653 vs $67,098 in Franklintown). Mount Royal has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $162,900 in Franklintown).

Population, income & housing

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
Population	432	323
Median age	46.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,098	$81,653
Median home value	$162,900	$191,100
Median gross rent	$1,250	—
Housing units	232	163
Homeownership rate	57.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
Population	388 → 432 (+11.3%)	—
Median household income	$59,167 → $67,098 (+13.4%)	—
Median home value	$126,500 → $162,900 (+28.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,250 (+29.8%)	—

Franklintown

Population

388432

Median household income

$59,167$67,098

Median home value

$126,500$162,900

Median gross rent

$963$1,250

Mount Royal

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
Under 5	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	3.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.7%	31.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	25.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.9%
75 and over	3.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	96.6%
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%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	67.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
Drove alone	76.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
1-unit, detached	39.7%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	28.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklintown	Mount Royal
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.4%
Average household size	1.95	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1990	1957