Franklin County vs Fremont County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (14,715 vs 13,701 in Fremont County). Fremont County has the higher median household income ($72,767 vs $65,991 in Franklin County). Franklin County has the higher median home value ($304,000 vs $281,800 in Fremont County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Fremont County
Population	14,715	13,701
Median age	32.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,991	$72,767
Median home value	$304,000	$281,800
Median gross rent	$831	$803
Housing units	5,122	8,669
Homeownership rate	75.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Fremont County
Population	13,464 → 14,715 (+9.3%)	13,020 → 13,701 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$57,215 → $65,991 (+15.3%)	$58,065 → $72,767 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$211,900 → $304,000 (+43.5%)	$169,900 → $281,800 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $831 (+22.2%)	$798 → $803 (+0.6%)

Franklin County

Population

13,46414,715

Median household income

$57,215$65,991

Median home value

$211,900$304,000

Median gross rent

$680$831

Fremont County

Population

13,02013,701

Median household income

$58,065$72,767

Median home value

$169,900$281,800

Median gross rent

$798$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Fremont County
Under 5	7.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	23.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.0%
75 and over	6.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Fremont County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Fremont County
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	42.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Fremont County
Drove alone	75.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Fremont County
1-unit, detached	85.1%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Fremont County
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.8%
Average household size	3.01	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1972	1979