Buchanan County vs Franklin County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (105,316 vs 83,855 in Buchanan County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($71,973 vs $59,423 in Buchanan County). Franklin County has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $156,600 in Buchanan County).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
Population	83,855	105,316
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$71,973
Median home value	$156,600	$214,900
Median gross rent	$889	$874
Housing units	38,415	45,843
Homeownership rate	64.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
Population	88,460 → 83,855 (-5.2%)	103,191 → 105,316 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$51,916 → $59,423 (+14.5%)	$57,214 → $71,973 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $156,600 (+28.2%)	$165,700 → $214,900 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $889 (+14.1%)	$746 → $874 (+17.2%)

Buchanan County

Population

88,46083,855

Median household income

$51,916$59,423

Median home value

$122,200$156,600

Median gross rent

$779$889

Franklin County

Population

103,191105,316

Median household income

$57,214$71,973

Median home value

$165,700$214,900

Median gross rent

$746$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.1%
75 and over	6.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	89.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
Drove alone	80.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	10.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	16.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1964	1984