Franconia vs Franklin Farm

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

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

Franklin Farm has the higher population (18,509 vs 18,141 in Franconia). Franklin Farm has the higher median household income ($210,169 vs $152,007 in Franconia). Franklin Farm has the higher median home value ($810,600 vs $557,800 in Franconia).

Population, income & housing

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
Population	18,141	18,509
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$152,007	$210,169
Median home value	$557,800	$810,600
Median gross rent	$2,469	$2,697
Housing units	7,777	6,242
Homeownership rate	77.2%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%	78.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
Population	19,720 → 18,141 (-8.0%)	18,321 → 18,509 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$125,031 → $152,007 (+21.6%)	$183,247 → $210,169 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$421,100 → $557,800 (+32.5%)	$633,600 → $810,600 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,066 → $2,469 (+19.5%)	$2,662 → $2,697 (+1.3%)

Franconia

Population

19,72018,141

Median household income

$125,031$152,007

Median home value

$421,100$557,800

Median gross rent

$2,066$2,469

Franklin Farm

Population

18,32118,509

Median household income

$183,247$210,169

Median home value

$633,600$810,600

Median gross rent

$2,662$2,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
Under 5	4.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	7.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.2%
75 and over	4.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	61.1%
Black or African American	21.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.5%	23.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	10.9%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	41.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
Drove alone	53.4%	55.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.2%
Public transit	7.1%	4.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	34.6%	34.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
1-unit, detached	21.5%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	51.9%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franconia	Franklin Farm
Poverty rate	3.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.40	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1988	1985