Franklintown vs Railroad

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

Franklintown and Railroad 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 286 in Railroad). Railroad has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $162,900 in Franklintown). Since 2019, Franklintown's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs +10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Franklintown	Railroad
Population	432	286
Median age	46.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,098	—
Median home value	$162,900	$211,400
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,026
Housing units	232	141
Homeownership rate	57.0%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklintown	Railroad
Population	388 → 432 (+11.3%)	259 → 286 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $67,098 (+13.4%)	$67,188 → $41,458 (-38.3%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $162,900 (+28.8%)	$172,300 → $211,400 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,250 (+29.8%)	$938 → $1,026 (+9.4%)

Franklintown

Population

388432

Median household income

$59,167$67,098

Median home value

$126,500$162,900

Median gross rent

$963$1,250

Railroad

Population

259286

Median household income

$67,188$41,458

Median home value

$172,300$211,400

Median gross rent

$938$1,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklintown	Railroad
Under 5	3.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	3.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	16.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	25.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	7.0%
75 and over	3.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklintown	Railroad
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	99.3%
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%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklintown	Railroad
No high school diploma	1.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklintown	Railroad
Drove alone	76.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklintown	Railroad
1-unit, detached	39.7%	36.2%
1-unit, attached	28.4%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	29.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Franklintown	Railroad
Poverty rate	7.2%	16.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1990	1938