Franklin vs South Milwaukee

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

Franklin and South Milwaukee 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 20,547 in South Milwaukee). Franklin has the higher median household income ($108,342 vs $70,146 in South Milwaukee). Franklin has the higher median home value ($343,400 vs $216,400 in South Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
Population	35,751	20,547
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,342	$70,146
Median home value	$343,400	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,014
Housing units	14,433	9,150
Homeownership rate	77.8%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
Population	36,064 → 35,751 (-0.9%)	20,957 → 20,547 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$82,569 → $108,342 (+31.2%)	$52,678 → $70,146 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $343,400 (+36.6%)	$162,000 → $216,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,325 (+24.3%)	$838 → $1,014 (+21.0%)

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

South Milwaukee

Population

20,95720,547

Median household income

$52,678$70,146

Median home value

$162,000$216,400

Median gross rent

$838$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.3%
75 and over	8.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	78.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	5.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	23.1%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
Drove alone	75.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.6%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	62.5%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	11.7%
20 or more units	10.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	South Milwaukee
Poverty rate	6.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1989	1957