Brandywine vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (387 vs 198 in Brandywine). Franklin has the higher median home value ($213,500 vs $111,700 in Brandywine). Since 2019, Brandywine's population has grown faster (+39.4% vs -37.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Brandywine	Franklin
Population	198	387
Median age	32.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$81,071
Median home value	$111,700	$213,500
Median gross rent	—	$732
Housing units	133	254
Homeownership rate	70.0%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandywine	Franklin
Population	142 → 198 (+39.4%)	622 → 387 (-37.8%)
Median household income	$19,500 → $31,875 (+63.5%)	$40,435 → $81,071 (+100.5%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $111,700 (+18.1%)	$118,300 → $213,500 (+80.5%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $546 (+12.6%)	$477 → $732 (+53.5%)

Brandywine

Population

142198

Median household income

$19,500$31,875

Median home value

$94,600$111,700

Median gross rent

$485$546

Franklin

Population

622387

Median household income

$40,435$81,071

Median home value

$118,300$213,500

Median gross rent

$477$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandywine	Franklin
Under 5	25.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	22.2%	5.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	21.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	21.7%
75 and over	8.1%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandywine	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandywine	Franklin
No high school diploma	9.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	83.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	6.7%	7.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandywine	Franklin
Drove alone	79.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.8%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandywine	Franklin
1-unit, detached	76.7%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandywine	Franklin
Poverty rate	35.4%	18.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1982	1967