Franklin County vs Pike County

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

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

Pike County has the higher population (32,953 vs 31,978 in Franklin County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($51,493 vs $47,961 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($149,000 vs $128,000 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Pike County
Population	31,978	32,953
Median age	38.6 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,493	$47,961
Median home value	$128,000	$149,000
Median gross rent	$667	$855
Housing units	13,965	16,124
Homeownership rate	71.8%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Pike County
Population	31,466 → 31,978 (+1.6%)	33,333 → 32,953 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$43,514 → $51,493 (+18.3%)	$37,446 → $47,961 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $128,000 (+34.7%)	$120,000 → $149,000 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $667 (+14.8%)	$669 → $855 (+27.8%)

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

Pike County

Population

33,33332,953

Median household income

$37,446$47,961

Median home value

$120,000$149,000

Median gross rent

$669$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Pike County
Under 5	6.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	22.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.9%
75 and over	7.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	54.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	37.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Pike County
No high school diploma	20.5%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Pike County
Drove alone	85.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Pike County
Poverty rate	17.4%	23.4%
Average household size	2.73	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1983	1988