Franklin County vs Nantucket County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (70,922 vs 14,299 in Nantucket County). Nantucket County has the higher median household income ($119,750 vs $72,584 in Franklin County). Nantucket County has the higher median home value ($1,387,000 vs $303,400 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
Population	70,922	14,299
Median age	47.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,584	$119,750
Median home value	$303,400	$1,387,000
Median gross rent	$1,169	$2,070
Housing units	34,424	12,449
Homeownership rate	68.7%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
Population	70,577 → 70,922 (+0.5%)	11,168 → 14,299 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$60,950 → $72,584 (+19.1%)	$107,717 → $119,750 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$232,100 → $303,400 (+30.7%)	$1,084,700 → $1,387,000 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,169 (+19.8%)	$1,764 → $2,070 (+17.3%)

Franklin County

Population

70,57770,922

Median household income

$60,950$72,584

Median home value

$232,100$303,400

Median gross rent

$976$1,169

Nantucket County

Population

11,16814,299

Median household income

$107,717$119,750

Median home value

$1,084,700$1,387,000

Median gross rent

$1,764$2,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
Under 5	3.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	18.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.7%
75 and over	8.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	69.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
Drove alone	70.3%	69.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.8%
Walked	4.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.7%
Worked from home	14.7%	11.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
1-unit, detached	64.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Nantucket County
Poverty rate	12.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1961	1983