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Franklin, AR

Franklin's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

242
Residents
$54,500
Median income
$78,800
Median home
$944
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet AR-FRANKLIN-AR · Franklin, AR 242 pop · income 26th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 242
  • INC-MID $54,500
  • COL-BELOW 86.9
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-LOWER 26th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Iroquois
  • HOME-LOW $78,800
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Iroquois, IL (+ $0 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Franklin

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Franklin on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Franklin on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 242.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $54,500. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Franklin - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Franklin lands in the 26th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

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📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Franklin, AR

Census ACS 2023 estimates count 242 residents in Franklin, a small town within Arkansas. The typical household in Franklin brings in $54,500 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 22.8%. Typical homes in Franklin are valued around $78,800, and the median resident age is 36.3 years. About 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 42.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Arkansas at 86.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $944 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Arkansas run around $210, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Franklin's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Franklin, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history. No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Franklin?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are Blevins (241 residents, $59,688 income); Mitchellville (240 residents, $29,398 income); Moro (239 residents, $43,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Alma, CO (242 residents); Maalaea, HI (242 residents); Richview, IL (242 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Franklin?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.

The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 22.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Question 3

What does the journey to work look like in Franklin?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

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Question 4

Is Franklin growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +10 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.

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Population

242 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$54,500 /yr

Below median income · poverty 22.8% (Highest-decile poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

86.9 (US=100)

Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Arkansas average

City profile score · Franklin, AR

37/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Cost of living A+
86.9 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Household income F
$54,500

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share F
11.8%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate F
22.8%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Franklin profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Household income, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate. Cost of livingHousehold incomeBachelor's+ sharePoverty rate 37 F
Franklin profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 86.9 index
  • Household income: 26/100 (F) · $54,500
  • Bachelor's+ share: 11/100 (F) · 11.8%
  • Poverty rate: 9/100 (F) · 22.8%

How does Franklin compare to other US cities?

Franklin measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 26% higher than other cities
Home value 3% pricier than other cities
Median rent 3% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Franklin against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Arkansas-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Franklin near the bottom of Arkansas's cities

Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Franklin ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Franklin only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#182 of 495
63rd percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Median Home Value
#375 of 482
22nd percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#105 of 524
80th percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#302 of 524
41st percentile in Arkansas
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arkansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

26thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

26th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Franklin's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$78,800 Among the most affordable more affordable than 97% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). This entry sits in this band. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Above this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Franklin $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Franklin's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.4×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#321 of 15,516
More affordable than 98% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#316 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 1.4×, Franklin sits in the affordable band: national rank #321 of 15,516 and #316 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$54,500 Franklin, AR median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Franklin, AR Franklin, AR's median household income ($54,500) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Franklin, AR-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Franklin, AR median $54,500/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Franklin, AR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Franklin, AR.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 11.8%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 22.8%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 42.8%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
242
Median Income
$54,500
Median Home Value
$78,800
Median Age
36.3
Poverty Rate
22.8%
Labor force participation
42.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.8%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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185 residents190 residents195 residents200 residents 202020212022202320242025 188 residents 198 residents ▲ +5.3%
Franklin's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 188 residents
2021 192 residents
2022 195 residents
2023 196 residents
2024 197 residents
2025 198 residents

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
68.6%
Carpool
10.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.7%
Work from Home
16.3%

Based on 86 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Arkansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $210

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arkansas at $210 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).

These are Arkansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Franklin. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Arkansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 86.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Franklin is $944/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arkansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Arkansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Franklin sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Franklin compares to similar-size Arkansas cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Franklin (this city) 242 $54,500
Blevins 241 $59,688
Mitchellville 240 $29,398
Moro 239 $43,750
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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