Franklin County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (167,784 vs 156,626 in Franklin County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($82,374 vs $74,946 in Franklin County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $236,300 in Franklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin County	Monroe County
Population	156,626	167,784
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,946	$82,374
Median home value	$236,300	$241,200
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,347
Housing units	66,787	79,458
Homeownership rate	73.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin County	Monroe County
Population	154,147 → 156,626 (+1.6%)	168,032 → 167,784 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$63,379 → $74,946 (+18.3%)	$63,934 → $82,374 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$180,400 → $236,300 (+31.0%)	$168,000 → $241,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,071 (+21.3%)	$1,108 → $1,347 (+21.6%)

Franklin County

Population

154,147156,626

Median household income

$63,379$74,946

Median home value

$180,400$236,300

Median gross rent

$883$1,071

Monroe County

Population

168,032167,784

Median household income

$63,934$82,374

Median home value

$168,000$241,200

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.9%
75 and over	8.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	61.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	43.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin County	Monroe County
Drove alone	78.5%	74.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.9%
Public transit	0.2%	3.3%
Walked	3.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	68.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Franklin County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1978	1984