Franklin vs Greenfield

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (37,361 vs 35,751 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($108,342 vs $69,016 in Greenfield). Franklin has the higher median home value ($343,400 vs $247,800 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Greenfield
Population	35,751	37,361
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,342	$69,016
Median home value	$343,400	$247,800
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,123
Housing units	14,433	18,111
Homeownership rate	77.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Greenfield
Population	36,064 → 35,751 (-0.9%)	37,099 → 37,361 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$82,569 → $108,342 (+31.2%)	$60,788 → $69,016 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $343,400 (+36.6%)	$177,800 → $247,800 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,325 (+24.3%)	$971 → $1,123 (+15.7%)

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

Greenfield

Population

37,09937,361

Median household income

$60,788$69,016

Median home value

$177,800$247,800

Median gross rent

$971$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Greenfield
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.9%
75 and over	8.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	70.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Greenfield
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	23.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Greenfield
Drove alone	75.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	13.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	62.5%	46.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	23.8%
20 or more units	10.7%	15.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Greenfield
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1989	1973