Franklin vs Nolensville

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

Franklin and Nolensville 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 14,545 in Nolensville). Nolensville has the higher median household income ($170,068 vs $115,000 in Franklin). Nolensville has the higher median home value ($695,100 vs $646,300 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Nolensville
Population	85,575	14,545
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,000	$170,068
Median home value	$646,300	$695,100
Median gross rent	$1,861	$2,557
Housing units	34,971	4,477
Homeownership rate	64.3%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%	68.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Nolensville
Population	77,939 → 85,575 (+9.8%)	8,390 → 14,545 (+73.4%)
Median household income	$98,231 → $115,000 (+17.1%)	$134,740 → $170,068 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$412,400 → $646,300 (+56.7%)	$455,700 → $695,100 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,861 (+25.7%)	$2,263 → $2,557 (+13.0%)

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

Nolensville

Population

8,39014,545

Median household income

$134,740$170,068

Median home value

$455,700$695,100

Median gross rent

$2,263$2,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Nolensville
Under 5	6.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	4.1%
75 and over	6.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Nolensville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	82.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Nolensville
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	11.5%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Nolensville
Drove alone	63.6%	63.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.2%	29.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Nolensville
1-unit, detached	57.8%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Nolensville
Poverty rate	4.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.56	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	2001	2012