Franklin County vs Platte County

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

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

Platte County has the higher population (108,751 vs 105,316 in Franklin County). Platte County has the higher median household income ($95,748 vs $71,973 in Franklin County). Platte County has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $214,900 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Platte County
Population	105,316	108,751
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,973	$95,748
Median home value	$214,900	$317,600
Median gross rent	$874	$1,247
Housing units	45,843	46,045
Homeownership rate	76.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Platte County
Population	103,191 → 105,316 (+2.1%)	100,682 → 108,751 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$57,214 → $71,973 (+25.8%)	$80,393 → $95,748 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$165,700 → $214,900 (+29.7%)	$226,500 → $317,600 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $874 (+17.2%)	$1,019 → $1,247 (+22.4%)

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

Platte County

Population

100,682108,751

Median household income

$80,393$95,748

Median home value

$226,500$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Platte County
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Platte County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Platte County
No high school diploma	9.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Platte County
Drove alone	78.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Platte County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Platte County
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1984	1991