Franklin vs Oak Creek

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

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

Oak Creek has the higher population (36,473 vs 35,751 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($108,342 vs $93,120 in Oak Creek). Franklin has the higher median home value ($343,400 vs $305,100 in Oak Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Oak Creek
Population	35,751	36,473
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,342	$93,120
Median home value	$343,400	$305,100
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,397
Housing units	14,433	15,602
Homeownership rate	77.8%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Oak Creek
Population	36,064 → 35,751 (-0.9%)	36,066 → 36,473 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$82,569 → $108,342 (+31.2%)	$74,840 → $93,120 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $343,400 (+36.6%)	$231,200 → $305,100 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,325 (+24.3%)	$1,063 → $1,397 (+31.4%)

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

Oak Creek

Population

36,06636,473

Median household income

$74,840$93,120

Median home value

$231,200$305,100

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Oak Creek
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.0%
75 and over	8.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Oak Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	6.6%
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%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Oak Creek
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	23.1%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Oak Creek
Drove alone	75.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.6%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Oak Creek
1-unit, detached	62.5%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	19.0%
20 or more units	10.7%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Oak Creek
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1989	1992