Franklin County vs Sac County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (9,977 vs 9,759 in Sac County). Sac County has the higher median household income ($70,991 vs $63,648 in Franklin County). Sac County has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $118,500 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Sac County
Population	9,977	9,759
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,648	$70,991
Median home value	$118,500	$138,400
Median gross rent	$649	$643
Housing units	4,657	5,122
Homeownership rate	72.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Sac County
Population	10,162 → 9,977 (-1.8%)	9,802 → 9,759 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$56,419 → $63,648 (+12.8%)	$58,232 → $70,991 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $118,500 (+25.9%)	$95,800 → $138,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $649 (-7.2%)	$625 → $643 (+2.9%)

Franklin County

Population

10,1629,977

Median household income

$56,419$63,648

Median home value

$94,100$118,500

Median gross rent

$699$649

Sac County

Population

9,8029,759

Median household income

$58,232$70,991

Median home value

$95,800$138,400

Median gross rent

$625$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Sac County
Under 5	6.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.5%
75 and over	9.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Sac County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Sac County
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Sac County
Drove alone	78.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Sac County
1-unit, detached	85.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Sac County
Poverty rate	15.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1953	1955