Franklintown vs Wellsville

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

Franklintown and Wellsville 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 247 in Wellsville). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $67,098 in Franklintown). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $162,900 in Franklintown).

Population, income & housing

	Franklintown	Wellsville
Population	432	247
Median age	46.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,098	$88,750
Median home value	$162,900	$208,000
Median gross rent	$1,250	$1,042
Housing units	232	111
Homeownership rate	57.0%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklintown	Wellsville
Population	388 → 432 (+11.3%)	211 → 247 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $67,098 (+13.4%)	$71,500 → $88,750 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $162,900 (+28.8%)	$163,300 → $208,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,250 (+29.8%)	$850 → $1,042 (+22.6%)

Franklintown

Population

388432

Median household income

$59,167$67,098

Median home value

$126,500$162,900

Median gross rent

$963$1,250

Wellsville

Population

211247

Median household income

$71,500$88,750

Median home value

$163,300$208,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklintown	Wellsville
Under 5	3.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	3.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	25.7%	21.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	7.3%
75 and over	3.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklintown	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	1.2%
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%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklintown	Wellsville
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklintown	Wellsville
Drove alone	76.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklintown	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	39.7%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	28.4%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Franklintown	Wellsville
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.2%
Average household size	1.95	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1990	1938