Demographics of Franklin city, Virginia

Franklin city, Virginia had 8,478 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +331 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Franklin city, in four figures

8,478
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +4.1%
Change since July 2020: +331 people.; 38.3 ±2.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,245 ±$6,558
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Franklin city, Virginia's population grew 4.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Franklin city, Virginia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Franklin city, Virginia's population grew 4.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Franklin city, Virginia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	8,147	100.0	100.0
2021	8,152	100.1	100.2
2022	8,251	101.3	100.7
2023	8,323	102.2	101.6
2024	8,404	103.2	102.5
2025	8,478	104.1	103.1

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Population of Franklin city, Virginia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	8,147	−29	−18	0	−9
2021	8,152	+5	−5	0	+4
2022	8,251	+99	−43	0	+139
2023	8,323	+72	−9	0	+82
2024	8,404	+81	+1	−2	+83
2025	8,478	+74	+1	−4	+78

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.3 ±2.4: for men 33.9 ±4.3 and for women 42.6 ±2.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Franklin city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Under 5	631 ±117	7.6% ±1.4	5.6% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,600 ±214	19.4% ±2.6	16.1% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	428 ±155	5.2% ±1.9	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,110 ±327	25.6% ±4.0	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,947 ±270	23.6% ±3.3	25.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,534 ±200	18.6% ±2.4	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,245 ±$6,558, and income per person $31,433 ±$2,480, in 2024 dollars. The median is $93,170 ±$458 in Virginia and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Franklin city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Virginia	United States
Under $25,000	719 ±203	20.8% ±5.7	12.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	664 ±219	19.2% ±6.2	14.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	646 ±178	18.7% ±5.0	14.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	593 ±199	17.2% ±5.6	12.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	447 ±153	12.9% ±4.4	18.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	315 ±129	9.1% ±3.7	11.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	26 to 114	0.8% to 3.3%	17.7% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Franklin city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Virginia	United States
All ages	1,567 ±576	19.3% ±7.1	9.9% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	691 ±302	31.4% ±12.3	12.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	560 ±244	14.3% ±6.1	9.4% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	316 ±109	15.9% ±5.2	8.9% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Franklin city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Franklin city	Virginia	United States
Housing units	3,910 ±15	3,684,756 ±486	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.3% ±5.8	91.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.8% to 17.5%	8.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	53.9% ±2.5	67.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	46.1% ±6.6	32.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$256,600 ±$27,270	$383,700 ±$1,024	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$988 ±$87	$1,579 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1967 ±7	1984 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Franklin city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	261 ±0	3.2% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	3,114 ±26	37.7% ±0.3	58.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,524 ±194	54.8% ±2.4	18.3% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 11	0% to 0.1%	6.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	151 to 545	1.8% to 6.6%	4.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Franklin city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Virginia	United States
Born in the state	5,649 ±617	68.5% ±7.5	48.8% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,488 ±623	30.2% ±7.6	35.9% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 97	0% to 1.2%	2.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	30 to 104	0.4% to 1.3%	13.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 38	0% to 0.5%	7.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	19 to 89	0.2% to 1.1%	5.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Franklin city among the counties of Virginia

119th of 133 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Virginia page.

Counties of Virginia near Franklin city in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Sussex County	10,755	−0.4%
Essex County	10,654	+0.5%
Cumberland County	10,352	+6.9%
Richmond County	9,294	+4.2%
Mathews County	8,529	+0.1%
Franklin city	8,478	+4.1%
Lexington city	7,769	+6.2%
Rappahannock County	7,439	+1.6%
King and Queen County	6,743	+2.4%
Buena Vista city	6,672	+0.8%
Galax city	6,670	−0.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 40 Counties by population growth in Virginia
No. 119 Counties by population in Virginia

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026