Franklin County vs Livingston County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (37,541 vs 35,659 in Livingston County). Livingston County has the higher median household income ($70,796 vs $53,471 in Franklin County). Livingston County has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $87,700 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Livingston County
Population	37,541	35,659
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,471	$70,796
Median home value	$87,700	$131,500
Median gross rent	$771	$855
Housing units	18,468	15,930
Homeownership rate	74.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Livingston County
Population	38,923 → 37,541 (-3.6%)	36,040 → 35,659 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$42,769 → $53,471 (+25.0%)	$55,160 → $70,796 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $87,700 (+15.2%)	$109,400 → $131,500 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $771 (+21.0%)	$715 → $855 (+19.6%)

Franklin County

Population

38,92337,541

Median household income

$42,769$53,471

Median home value

$76,100$87,700

Median gross rent

$637$771

Livingston County

Population

36,04035,659

Median household income

$55,160$70,796

Median home value

$109,400$131,500

Median gross rent

$715$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Livingston County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Livingston County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Livingston County
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Livingston County
Drove alone	80.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Livingston County
1-unit, detached	78.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Livingston County
Poverty rate	16.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1965	1961