Cudahy vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (35,751 vs 17,964 in Cudahy). Franklin has the higher median household income ($108,342 vs $66,717 in Cudahy). Franklin has the higher median home value ($343,400 vs $201,000 in Cudahy).

Population, income & housing

	Cudahy	Franklin
Population	17,964	35,751
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,717	$108,342
Median home value	$201,000	$343,400
Median gross rent	$977	$1,325
Housing units	8,866	14,433
Homeownership rate	62.2%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cudahy	Franklin
Population	18,271 → 17,964 (-1.7%)	36,064 → 35,751 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$56,795 → $66,717 (+17.5%)	$82,569 → $108,342 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $201,000 (+31.5%)	$251,400 → $343,400 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $977 (+19.9%)	$1,066 → $1,325 (+24.3%)

Cudahy

Population

18,27117,964

Median household income

$56,795$66,717

Median home value

$152,900$201,000

Median gross rent

$815$977

Franklin

Population

36,06435,751

Median household income

$82,569$108,342

Median home value

$251,400$343,400

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cudahy	Franklin
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.3%
75 and over	8.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cudahy	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	82.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cudahy	Franklin
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cudahy	Franklin
Drove alone	75.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.8%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	15.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cudahy	Franklin
1-unit, detached	52.1%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	11.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cudahy	Franklin
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1961	1989