Franklin vs West Allis

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

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

West Allis has the higher population (59,588 vs 35,751 in Franklin). Franklin has the higher median household income ($108,342 vs $69,685 in West Allis). Franklin has the higher median home value ($343,400 vs $191,700 in West Allis).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	West Allis
Population	35,751	59,588
Median age	43.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,342	$69,685
Median home value	$343,400	$191,700
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,012
Housing units	14,433	29,841
Homeownership rate	77.8%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	West Allis
Population	36,064 → 35,751 (-0.9%)	60,025 → 59,588 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$82,569 → $108,342 (+31.2%)	$52,325 → $69,685 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $343,400 (+36.6%)	$146,100 → $191,700 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,325 (+24.3%)	$845 → $1,012 (+19.8%)

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

West Allis

Population

60,02559,588

Median household income

$52,325$69,685

Median home value

$146,100$191,700

Median gross rent

$845$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	West Allis
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.1%
75 and over	8.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	West Allis
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	69.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	5.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	West Allis
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	23.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	West Allis
Drove alone	75.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.6%	8.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	West Allis
1-unit, detached	62.5%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	10.7%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	West Allis
Poverty rate	6.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1989	1956