Franklin County vs Montgomery County

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

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

Montgomery County has the higher population (49,461 vs 47,066 in Franklin County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($63,747 vs $62,923 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($141,600 vs $128,600 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
Population	47,066	49,461
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,747	$62,923
Median home value	$128,600	$141,600
Median gross rent	$819	$921
Housing units	25,442	22,944
Homeownership rate	71.2%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
Population	50,477 → 47,066 (-6.8%)	49,302 → 49,461 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$50,407 → $63,747 (+26.5%)	$49,462 → $62,923 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $128,600 (+18.3%)	$105,400 → $141,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $819 (+16.5%)	$783 → $921 (+17.6%)

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

Montgomery County

Population

49,30249,461

Median household income

$49,462$62,923

Median home value

$105,400$141,600

Median gross rent

$783$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
Under 5	4.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.2%
75 and over	7.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	33.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	76.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	4.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.9%
Other means	1.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	70.0%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	16.5%	14.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1966	1944