Franklin County vs Lawrence County

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

Franklin County and Lawrence County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lawrence County has the higher population (33,182 vs 31,978 in Franklin County). Lawrence County has the higher median household income ($60,040 vs $51,493 in Franklin County). Lawrence County has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $128,000 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
Population	31,978	33,182
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,493	$60,040
Median home value	$128,000	$150,700
Median gross rent	$667	$708
Housing units	13,965	15,317
Homeownership rate	71.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
Population	31,466 → 31,978 (+1.6%)	33,058 → 33,182 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$43,514 → $51,493 (+18.3%)	$44,886 → $60,040 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $128,000 (+34.7%)	$110,500 → $150,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $667 (+14.8%)	$551 → $708 (+28.5%)

Franklin County

Population

31,46631,978

Median household income

$43,514$51,493

Median home value

$95,000$128,000

Median gross rent

$581$667

Lawrence County

Population

33,05833,182

Median household income

$44,886$60,040

Median home value

$110,500$150,700

Median gross rent

$551$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	75.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	4.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
No high school diploma	20.5%	15.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
Drove alone	85.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Lawrence County
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1983	1990