Franklin County vs Pottawatomie County

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

Franklin County and Pottawatomie 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 25,808 in Pottawatomie County). Pottawatomie County has the higher median household income ($87,694 vs $72,142 in Franklin County). Pottawatomie County has the higher median home value ($223,000 vs $187,400 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
Population	25,994	25,808
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,142	$87,694
Median home value	$187,400	$223,000
Median gross rent	$949	$1,011
Housing units	11,239	10,077
Homeownership rate	73.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
Population	25,558 → 25,994 (+1.7%)	23,847 → 25,808 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$56,582 → $72,142 (+27.5%)	$66,835 → $87,694 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$128,000 → $187,400 (+46.4%)	$183,100 → $223,000 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $949 (+19.7%)	$854 → $1,011 (+18.4%)

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

Pottawatomie County

Population

23,84725,808

Median household income

$66,835$87,694

Median home value

$183,100$223,000

Median gross rent

$854$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
Under 5	5.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.2%
75 and over	6.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
Drove alone	77.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
1-unit, detached	76.6%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Pottawatomie County
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1974	1983