Brown County vs Franklin County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (2,868 vs 2,739 in Brown County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($57,692 vs $51,538 in Brown County). Brown County has the higher median home value ($100,200 vs $99,100 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Franklin County
Population	2,739	2,868
Median age	45.9 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,538	$57,692
Median home value	$100,200	$99,100
Median gross rent	$932	$613
Housing units	1,645	1,543
Homeownership rate	73.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Franklin County
Population	3,015 → 2,739 (-9.2%)	2,987 → 2,868 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$43,098 → $51,538 (+19.6%)	$49,282 → $57,692 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $100,200 (+25.7%)	$71,300 → $99,100 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$529 → $932 (+76.2%)	$473 → $613 (+29.6%)

Brown County

Population

3,0152,739

Median household income

$43,098$51,538

Median home value

$79,700$100,200

Median gross rent

$529$932

Franklin County

Population

2,9872,868

Median household income

$49,282$57,692

Median home value

$71,300$99,100

Median gross rent

$473$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Franklin County
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	15.2%
75 and over	11.9%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Franklin County
Drove alone	78.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	82.4%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	12.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	10	19
Median year structure built	1962	1943