Demographics of Franklin city, Indiana

Franklin city, Indiana had 26,743 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,373 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Franklin city, in four figures

26,743
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 26,168 ±732.; +5.4%
Change since July 2020: +1,373 people.; 34.5 ±2.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $82,380 ±$7,285
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Franklin city, Indiana's population grew 5.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Franklin city, Indiana'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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The figures

Franklin city, Indiana's population grew 5.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Franklin city, Indiana'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	25,370	100.0	100.0
2021	25,639	101.1	100.2
2022	25,734	101.4	100.7
2023	25,997	102.5	101.6
2024	26,229	103.4	102.5
2025	26,743	105.4	103.1

Population of Franklin city, Indiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	25,370	—
2021	25,639	+269
2022	25,734	+95
2023	25,997	+263
2024	26,229	+232
2025	26,743	+514

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 34.5 ±2.0: for men 33.4 ±2.6 and for women 35.8 ±3.2. 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	Indiana	United States
Under 5	1,676 ±355	6.4% ±1.3	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,795 ±596	18.3% ±2.2	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,768 ±443	10.6% ±1.7	9.6% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,405 ±664	28.3% ±2.4	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,469 ±606	20.9% ±2.2	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,055 ±454	15.5% ±1.7	16.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $82,380 ±$7,285, and income per person $37,366 ±$3,860, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,957 ±$352 in Indiana 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	Indiana	United States
Under $25,000	1,357 ±335	14.2% ±3.4	15.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,761 ±390	18.4% ±4.0	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,371 ±261	14.3% ±2.7	17.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,523 ±265	15.9% ±2.7	13.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,186 ±416	22.8% ±4.2	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	720 ±173	7.5% ±1.8	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	672 ±205	7.0% ±2.1	8.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

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	Indiana	United States
All ages	2,738 ±768	11.0% ±3.1	12.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	649 ±278	10.2% ±4.2	16.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,638 ±532	11.9% ±3.8	11.9% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	451 ±214	9.7% ±4.5	9.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Franklin city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Franklin city	Indiana	United States
Housing units	10,275 ±422	2,976,568 ±617	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.3% ±1.3	91.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.7% ±1.9	8.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.7% ±4.3	70.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.3% ±3.8	29.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$231,500 ±$10,439	$218,200 ±$739	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,186 ±$105	$1,062 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1994 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

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	Indiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	703 ±309	2.7% ±1.2	8.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	23,552 ±1,004	90.0% ±2.9	75.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	302 to 1,132	1.2% to 4.3%	9.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	143 to 625	0.5% to 2.4%	2.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 62	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	780 ±373	3.0% ±1.4	3.8% ±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	Indiana	United States
Born in the state	20,125 ±1,019	76.9% ±3.2	67.0% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,126 ±651	19.6% ±2.4	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	62 to 244	0.2% to 0.9%	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	764 ±305	2.9% ±1.2	6.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	252 to 754	1.0% to 2.9%	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	94 to 428	0.4% to 1.6%	3.7% ±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 places of Indiana

39th of 135 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Indiana page.

Places of Indiana near Franklin city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Brownsburg town	31,215 ±150
Granger CDP	30,321 ±575
Schererville town	29,701 ±36
Hobart city	29,558 ±143
Marion city	27,531 ±646
Franklin city	26,168 ±732
East Chicago city	26,022 ±44
Greenfield city	24,940 ±36
Munster town	23,733 ±62
Highland town	23,680 ±35
Avon town	23,437 ±90

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Franklin city, Indiana

Rankings this appears in

No. 14 Places in Indiana by median rent
No. 20 Places in Indiana by per capita income
No. 22 Places in Indiana by median household income
No. 29 Places in Indiana by poverty rate
No. 31 Places in Indiana by median home value
No. 37 Places in Indiana by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — 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 — incorporated places and New England towns 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