Ellis County vs Franklin County

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

Ellis 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.

Ellis County has the higher population (28,870 vs 25,994 in Franklin County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($72,142 vs $59,889 in Ellis County). Ellis County has the higher median home value ($211,100 vs $187,400 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Ellis County	Franklin County
Population	28,870	25,994
Median age	32.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,889	$72,142
Median home value	$211,100	$187,400
Median gross rent	$899	$949
Housing units	13,247	11,239
Homeownership rate	62.4%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellis County	Franklin County
Population	28,775 → 28,870 (+0.3%)	25,558 → 25,994 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$52,883 → $59,889 (+13.2%)	$56,582 → $72,142 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $211,100 (+24.8%)	$128,000 → $187,400 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $899 (+26.4%)	$793 → $949 (+19.7%)

Ellis County

Population

28,77528,870

Median household income

$52,883$59,889

Median home value

$169,100$211,100

Median gross rent

$711$899

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)

	Ellis County	Franklin County
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	19.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.7%
75 and over	6.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellis County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellis County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellis County	Franklin County
Drove alone	80.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	7.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellis County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Ellis County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	17.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1972	1974