Franklin County vs Frontier County

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

Franklin County and Frontier 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 2,562 in Frontier County). Frontier County has the higher median household income ($68,207 vs $57,692 in Franklin County). Frontier County has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $99,100 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Frontier County
Population	2,868	2,562
Median age	49.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,692	$68,207
Median home value	$99,100	$138,800
Median gross rent	$613	$605
Housing units	1,543	1,372
Homeownership rate	79.5%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Frontier County
Population	2,987 → 2,868 (-4.0%)	2,640 → 2,562 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$49,282 → $57,692 (+17.1%)	$54,659 → $68,207 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $99,100 (+39.0%)	$101,200 → $138,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $613 (+29.6%)	$596 → $605 (+1.5%)

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

Frontier County

Population

2,6402,562

Median household income

$54,659$68,207

Median home value

$101,200$138,800

Median gross rent

$596$605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Frontier County
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.3%
75 and over	12.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Frontier County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Frontier County
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	32.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Frontier County
Drove alone	83.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Frontier County
1-unit, detached	91.0%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Frontier County
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1943	1954