Franklin County vs Woodford County

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

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

Woodford County has the higher population (38,348 vs 37,541 in Franklin County). Woodford County has the higher median household income ($85,629 vs $53,471 in Franklin County). Woodford County has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $87,700 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Woodford County
Population	37,541	38,348
Median age	43.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,471	$85,629
Median home value	$87,700	$193,800
Median gross rent	$771	$907
Housing units	18,468	15,745
Homeownership rate	74.8%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Woodford County
Population	38,923 → 37,541 (-3.6%)	38,700 → 38,348 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$42,769 → $53,471 (+25.0%)	$72,808 → $85,629 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $87,700 (+15.2%)	$168,700 → $193,800 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $771 (+21.0%)	$758 → $907 (+19.7%)

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

Woodford County

Population

38,70038,348

Median household income

$72,808$85,629

Median home value

$168,700$193,800

Median gross rent

$758$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Woodford County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.0%
75 and over	8.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Woodford County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Woodford County
No high school diploma	10.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Woodford County
Drove alone	80.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Woodford County
1-unit, detached	78.4%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Woodford County
Poverty rate	16.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1965	1973