Fairview vs Franklin

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

Fairview 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 9,751 in Fairview). Franklin has the higher median household income ($115,000 vs $88,333 in Fairview). Franklin has the higher median home value ($646,300 vs $354,900 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Franklin
Population	9,751	85,575
Median age	33.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$115,000
Median home value	$354,900	$646,300
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,861
Housing units	3,560	34,971
Homeownership rate	79.2%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	64.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Franklin
Population	8,762 → 9,751 (+11.3%)	77,939 → 85,575 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$69,300 → $88,333 (+27.5%)	$98,231 → $115,000 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$225,900 → $354,900 (+57.1%)	$412,400 → $646,300 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,203 (+11.9%)	$1,481 → $1,861 (+25.7%)

Fairview

Population

8,7629,751

Median household income

$69,300$88,333

Median home value

$225,900$354,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,203

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)

	Fairview	Franklin
Under 5	8.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.5%
75 and over	4.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	74.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Franklin
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Franklin
Drove alone	74.1%	63.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.3%	28.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Franklin
1-unit, detached	83.5%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Franklin
Poverty rate	11.6%	4.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1996	2001