Frankston vs Palestine

A side-by-side comparison of Frankston and Palestine: population, income, housing, and more.

Frankston and Palestine are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palestine has the higher population (18,888 vs 1,270 in Frankston). Frankston has the higher median household income ($59,423 vs $46,228 in Palestine). Palestine has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $105,800 in Frankston).

Population, income & housing

	Frankston	Palestine
Population	1,270	18,888
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$46,228
Median home value	$105,800	$153,400
Median gross rent	$939	$1,032
Housing units	613	7,891
Homeownership rate	62.3%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankston	Palestine
Population	991 → 1,270 (+28.2%)	17,989 → 18,888 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$45,156 → $59,423 (+31.6%)	$37,868 → $46,228 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $105,800 (-8.7%)	$99,400 → $153,400 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $939 (+21.5%)	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)

Frankston

Population

9911,270

Median household income

$45,156$59,423

Median home value

$115,900$105,800

Median gross rent

$773$939

Palestine

Population

17,98918,888

Median household income

$37,868$46,228

Median home value

$99,400$153,400

Median gross rent

$774$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frankston	Palestine
Under 5	10.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	20.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.8%
75 and over	8.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankston	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	45.1%
Black or African American	14.8%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	17.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankston	Palestine
No high school diploma	7.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankston	Palestine
Drove alone	86.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankston	Palestine
1-unit, detached	72.6%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Frankston	Palestine
Poverty rate	9.8%	17.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1978	1976