Clay County vs Franklin County

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

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

Franklin County has the higher population (10,522 vs 10,402 in Clay County). Clay County has the higher median household income ($77,355 vs $66,800 in Franklin County). Franklin County has the higher median home value ($213,200 vs $161,300 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Franklin County
Population	10,402	10,522
Median age	47.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,355	$66,800
Median home value	$161,300	$213,200
Median gross rent	$825	$948
Housing units	5,154	5,121
Homeownership rate	80.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Franklin County
Population	10,403 → 10,402 (-0.0%)	10,716 → 10,522 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$55,989 → $77,355 (+38.2%)	$53,783 → $66,800 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $161,300 (+59.7%)	$126,200 → $213,200 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $825 (+11.9%)	$815 → $948 (+16.3%)

Clay County

Population

10,40310,402

Median household income

$55,989$77,355

Median home value

$101,000$161,300

Median gross rent

$737$825

Franklin County

Population

10,71610,522

Median household income

$53,783$66,800

Median home value

$126,200$213,200

Median gross rent

$815$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Franklin County
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.0%
75 and over	9.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	77.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	7.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.3%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Franklin County
Drove alone	76.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	16.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	12.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	81.5%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1989