Brentwood vs Franklin

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

Brentwood and Franklin are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Franklin has the higher population (85,575 vs 45,272 in Brentwood). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($184,720 vs $115,000 in Franklin). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($926,700 vs $646,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Franklin
Population	45,272	85,575
Median age	44.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$184,720	$115,000
Median home value	$926,700	$646,300
Median gross rent	$2,497	$1,861
Housing units	15,607	34,971
Homeownership rate	90.9%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	64.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Franklin
Population	42,407 → 45,272 (+6.8%)	77,939 → 85,575 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$168,688 → $184,720 (+9.5%)	$98,231 → $115,000 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$655,400 → $926,700 (+41.4%)	$412,400 → $646,300 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,085 → $2,497 (+19.8%)	$1,481 → $1,861 (+25.7%)

Brentwood

Population

42,40745,272

Median household income

$168,688$184,720

Median home value

$655,400$926,700

Median gross rent

$2,085$2,497

Franklin

Population

77,93985,575

Median household income

$98,231$115,000

Median home value

$412,400$646,300

Median gross rent

$1,481$1,861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Franklin
Under 5	3.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	4.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	18.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.5%
75 and over	6.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	74.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Franklin
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	7.7%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Franklin
Drove alone	68.4%	63.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.2%	28.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Franklin
1-unit, detached	88.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	13.6%
20 or more units	6.3%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Franklin
Poverty rate	2.5%	4.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1996	2001