Franklin County vs Greene County

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

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

Greene County has the higher population (47,554 vs 47,066 in Franklin County). Greene County has the higher median household income ($74,011 vs $63,747 in Franklin County). Greene County has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $128,600 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Greene County
Population	47,066	47,554
Median age	41.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,747	$74,011
Median home value	$128,600	$248,300
Median gross rent	$819	$993
Housing units	25,442	29,037
Homeownership rate	71.2%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Greene County
Population	50,477 → 47,066 (-6.8%)	47,424 → 47,554 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$50,407 → $63,747 (+26.5%)	$53,601 → $74,011 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $128,600 (+18.3%)	$176,300 → $248,300 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $819 (+16.5%)	$908 → $993 (+9.4%)

Franklin County

Population

50,47747,066

Median household income

$50,407$63,747

Median home value

$108,700$128,600

Median gross rent

$703$819

Greene County

Population

47,42447,554

Median household income

$53,601$74,011

Median home value

$176,300$248,300

Median gross rent

$908$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Greene County
Under 5	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.8%
75 and over	7.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Greene County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	83.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Greene County
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Greene County
Drove alone	76.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.9%	2.1%
Walked	4.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Greene County
1-unit, detached	70.0%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Greene County
Poverty rate	16.5%	11.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1966	1972