Franklin vs Milwaukee

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

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

Milwaukee has the higher population (569,756 vs 35,751 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($108,342 vs $51,888 in Milwaukee). Franklin has the higher median home value ($343,400 vs $172,000 in Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Milwaukee
Population	35,751	569,756
Median age	43.2 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$108,342	$51,888
Median home value	$343,400	$172,000
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,033
Housing units	14,433	257,973
Homeownership rate	77.8%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Milwaukee
Population	36,064 → 35,751 (-0.9%)	594,548 → 569,756 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$82,569 → $108,342 (+31.2%)	$41,838 → $51,888 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $343,400 (+36.6%)	$122,100 → $172,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,325 (+24.3%)	$858 → $1,033 (+20.4%)

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

Milwaukee

Population

594,548569,756

Median household income

$41,838$51,888

Median home value

$122,100$172,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Milwaukee
Under 5	5.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.4%
75 and over	8.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	32.3%
Black or African American	2.9%	38.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	5.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Milwaukee
No high school diploma	5.4%	14.5%
High school graduate	23.1%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Milwaukee
Drove alone	75.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.4%
Walked	0.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.6%	11.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	62.5%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	29.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	9.9%
20 or more units	10.7%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Milwaukee
Poverty rate	6.9%	23.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1989	1952