Franklin vs Thompson's Station

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin and Thompson's Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Franklin and Thompson's Station 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 7,855 in Thompson's Station). Thompson's Station has the higher median household income ($122,139 vs $115,000 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median home value ($646,300 vs $598,200 in Thompson's Station).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
Population	85,575	7,855
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$115,000	$122,139
Median home value	$646,300	$598,200
Median gross rent	$1,861	$2,124
Housing units	34,971	2,743
Homeownership rate	64.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
Population	77,939 → 85,575 (+9.8%)	5,456 → 7,855 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$98,231 → $115,000 (+17.1%)	$104,250 → $122,139 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$412,400 → $646,300 (+56.7%)	$420,400 → $598,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,861 (+25.7%)	$1,827 → $2,124 (+16.3%)

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

Thompson's Station

Population

5,4567,855

Median household income

$104,250$122,139

Median home value

$420,400$598,200

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,124

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
Under 5	6.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	5.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.0%
75 and over	6.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	11.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
Drove alone	63.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.2%	25.4%
Other means	1.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
1-unit, detached	57.8%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	15.1%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Thompson's Station
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	2001	2013