Duval County vs Franklin County

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

Duval 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 9,824 in Duval County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($66,800 vs $50,081 in Duval County). Franklin County has the higher median home value ($213,200 vs $86,400 in Duval County).

Population, income & housing

	Duval County	Franklin County
Population	9,824	10,522
Median age	35.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,081	$66,800
Median home value	$86,400	$213,200
Median gross rent	$737	$948
Housing units	4,430	5,121
Homeownership rate	71.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duval County	Franklin County
Population	11,268 → 9,824 (-12.8%)	10,716 → 10,522 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$41,186 → $50,081 (+21.6%)	$53,783 → $66,800 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$49,400 → $86,400 (+74.9%)	$126,200 → $213,200 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $737 (+21.8%)	$815 → $948 (+16.3%)

Duval County

Population

11,2689,824

Median household income

$41,186$50,081

Median home value

$49,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$605$737

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)

	Duval County	Franklin County
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.0%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duval County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	81.8%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duval County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	26.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duval County	Franklin County
Drove alone	70.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	17.8%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duval County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	84.2%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Duval County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	29.0%	11.1%
Average household size	3.09	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1977	1989