Franklin vs Hearne

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

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

Hearne has the higher population (4,529 vs 1,498 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($54,688 vs $30,938 in Hearne). Franklin has the higher median home value ($171,000 vs $90,200 in Hearne).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Hearne
Population	1,498	4,529
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,688	$30,938
Median home value	$171,000	$90,200
Median gross rent	$795	$639
Housing units	750	1,885
Homeownership rate	49.0%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Hearne
Population	1,989 → 1,498 (-24.7%)	4,433 → 4,529 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$47,730 → $54,688 (+14.6%)	$54,311 → $30,938 (-43.0%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $171,000 (+91.3%)	$82,900 → $90,200 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $795 (-0.7%)	$653 → $639 (-2.1%)

Franklin

Population

1,9891,498

Median household income

$47,730$54,688

Median home value

$89,400$171,000

Median gross rent

$801$795

Hearne

Population

4,4334,529

Median household income

$54,311$30,938

Median home value

$82,900$90,200

Median gross rent

$653$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Hearne
Under 5	8.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	14.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	18.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.2%
75 and over	7.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Hearne
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	17.8%
Black or African American	23.7%	44.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	37.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Hearne
No high school diploma	9.3%	18.5%
High school graduate	42.0%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Hearne
Drove alone	77.1%	63.9%
Carpooled	17.8%	31.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Hearne
1-unit, detached	50.7%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Hearne
Poverty rate	22.5%	35.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1978	1970