Barton County vs Franklin County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (25,994 vs 25,275 in Barton County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($72,142 vs $56,733 in Barton County). Franklin County has the higher median home value ($187,400 vs $117,200 in Barton County).

Population, income & housing

	Barton County	Franklin County
Population	25,275	25,994
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,733	$72,142
Median home value	$117,200	$187,400
Median gross rent	$742	$949
Housing units	12,373	11,239
Homeownership rate	66.2%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton County	Franklin County
Population	26,453 → 25,275 (-4.5%)	25,558 → 25,994 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$49,723 → $56,733 (+14.1%)	$56,582 → $72,142 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $117,200 (+25.6%)	$128,000 → $187,400 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $742 (+14.5%)	$793 → $949 (+19.7%)

Barton County

Population

26,45325,275

Median household income

$49,723$56,733

Median home value

$93,300$117,200

Median gross rent

$648$742

Franklin County

Population

25,55825,994

Median household income

$56,582$72,142

Median home value

$128,000$187,400

Median gross rent

$793$949

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton County	Franklin County
Under 5	6.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.7%
75 and over	8.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	28.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton County	Franklin County
Drove alone	80.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Barton County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	14.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1959	1974