Franklin city vs Mathews County

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

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

Mathews County has the higher population (8,517 vs 8,212 in Franklin city). Mathews County has the higher median household income ($75,487 vs $65,125 in Franklin city). Mathews County has the higher median home value ($348,800 vs $227,200 in Franklin city).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin city	Mathews County
Population	8,212	8,517
Median age	40.5 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,125	$75,487
Median home value	$227,200	$348,800
Median gross rent	$995	$1,108
Housing units	3,897	5,486
Homeownership rate	53.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin city	Mathews County
Population	8,147 → 8,212 (+0.8%)	8,788 → 8,517 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $65,125 (+61.1%)	$64,237 → $75,487 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$164,100 → $227,200 (+38.5%)	$226,300 → $348,800 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $995 (+15.7%)	$922 → $1,108 (+20.2%)

Franklin city

Population

8,1478,212

Median household income

$40,417$65,125

Median home value

$164,100$227,200

Median gross rent

$860$995

Mathews County

Population

8,7888,517

Median household income

$64,237$75,487

Median home value

$226,300$348,800

Median gross rent

$922$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin city	Mathews County
Under 5	7.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	17.2%
75 and over	8.6%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin city	Mathews County
White (non-Hispanic)	37.8%	84.7%
Black or African American	51.7%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin city	Mathews County
No high school diploma	15.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin city	Mathews County
Drove alone	86.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	4.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	15.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin city	Mathews County
1-unit, detached	71.6%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Franklin city	Mathews County
Poverty rate	16.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1966	1973