Franklin Farm vs Idylwood

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

Franklin Farm and Idylwood 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 17,469 in Idylwood). Franklin Farm has the higher median household income ($210,169 vs $118,443 in Idylwood). Franklin Farm has the higher median home value ($810,600 vs $708,400 in Idylwood).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
Population	18,509	17,469
Median age	43.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$210,169	$118,443
Median home value	$810,600	$708,400
Median gross rent	$2,697	$2,022
Housing units	6,242	7,346
Homeownership rate	92.8%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.0%	61.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
Population	18,321 → 18,509 (+1.0%)	18,273 → 17,469 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$183,247 → $210,169 (+14.7%)	$113,481 → $118,443 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$633,600 → $810,600 (+27.9%)	$571,900 → $708,400 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,662 → $2,697 (+1.3%)	$1,796 → $2,022 (+12.6%)

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

Idylwood

Population

18,27317,469

Median household income

$113,481$118,443

Median home value

$571,900$708,400

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
Under 5	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	18.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.5%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	46.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	23.0%	19.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
No high school diploma	2.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	7.3%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	12.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	41.9%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
Drove alone	55.3%	59.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.1%
Public transit	4.3%	7.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	34.4%	22.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
1-unit, detached	87.6%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	32.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Farm	Idylwood
Poverty rate	1.8%	5.7%
Average household size	3.01	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1985	1976