Franklin County vs Grant County

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

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

Grant County has the higher population (18,111 vs 17,220 in Franklin County). Grant County has the higher median household income ($72,512 vs $51,919 in Franklin County). Grant County has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $118,800 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Grant County
Population	17,220	18,111
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,919	$72,512
Median home value	$118,800	$154,500
Median gross rent	$717	$779
Housing units	7,751	7,907
Homeownership rate	74.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Grant County
Population	17,738 → 17,220 (-2.9%)	18,126 → 18,111 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$38,923 → $51,919 (+33.4%)	$55,388 → $72,512 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $118,800 (+17.7%)	$124,600 → $154,500 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $717 (+14.7%)	$736 → $779 (+5.8%)

Franklin County

Population

17,73817,220

Median household income

$38,923$51,919

Median home value

$100,900$118,800

Median gross rent

$625$717

Grant County

Population

18,12618,111

Median household income

$55,388$72,512

Median home value

$124,600$154,500

Median gross rent

$736$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Grant County
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Grant County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Grant County
No high school diploma	12.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	41.8%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Grant County
Drove alone	83.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Grant County
1-unit, detached	74.8%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Grant County
Poverty rate	18.9%	12.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1984	1989