Franklin vs Wauwatosa

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

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

Wauwatosa has the higher population (47,718 vs 35,751 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($108,342 vs $93,859 in Wauwatosa). Franklin has the higher median home value ($343,400 vs $307,600 in Wauwatosa).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
Population	35,751	47,718
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,342	$93,859
Median home value	$343,400	$307,600
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,373
Housing units	14,433	22,976
Homeownership rate	77.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	61.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
Population	36,064 → 35,751 (-0.9%)	47,971 → 47,718 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$82,569 → $108,342 (+31.2%)	$82,392 → $93,859 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $343,400 (+36.6%)	$242,800 → $307,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,325 (+24.3%)	$1,116 → $1,373 (+23.0%)

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

Wauwatosa

Population

47,97147,718

Median household income

$82,392$93,859

Median home value

$242,800$307,600

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.9%
75 and over	8.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	5.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	23.1%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
Drove alone	75.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.6%	18.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
1-unit, detached	62.5%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	10.7%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Wauwatosa
Poverty rate	6.9%	5.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1989	1954