Demographics of Franklin city, Tennessee

Franklin city, Tennessee had 90,226 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +6,067 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

90,226
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 87,133 ±73.; +7.2%
Change since July 2020: +6,067 people.; 38.6 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $119,528 ±$6,576
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, Tennessee's population grew 7.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Franklin city, Tennessee'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, Tennessee's population grew 7.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Franklin city, Tennessee'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	84,159	100.0	100.0
2021	85,974	102.2	100.2
2022	87,590	104.1	100.7
2023	88,666	105.4	101.6
2024	88,921	105.7	102.5
2025	90,226	107.2	103.1

Population of Franklin city, Tennessee on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	84,159	—
2021	85,974	+1,815
2022	87,590	+1,616
2023	88,666	+1,076
2024	88,921	+255
2025	90,226	+1,305

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.6 ±0.8: for men 37.9 ±1.0 and for women 39.4 ±1.1. 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	Tennessee	United States
Under 5	5,366 ±586	6.2% ±0.7	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	15,055 ±1,045	17.3% ±1.2	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	7,276 ±831	8.4% ±1.0	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	24,727 ±1,204	28.4% ±1.4	26.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	21,940 ±1,039	25.2% ±1.2	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	12,769 ±818	14.7% ±0.9	17.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $119,528 ±$6,576, and income per person $61,761 ±$2,501, in 2024 dollars. The median is $69,595 ±$429 in Tennessee 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	Tennessee	United States
Under $25,000	2,094 ±414	6.2% ±1.2	16.6% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,953 ±627	11.6% ±1.8	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,400 ±584	12.9% ±1.7	17.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,686 ±478	10.8% ±1.4	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	7,178 ±657	21.1% ±1.9	16.8% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	4,289 ±515	12.6% ±1.5	7.7% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	8,398 ±671	24.7% ±1.9	9.0% ±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	Tennessee	United States
All ages	4,017 ±745	4.6% ±0.9	13.8% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	723 ±268	3.6% ±1.3	18.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,205 ±464	4.5% ±0.9	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,089 ±313	6.4% ±1.8	11.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Franklin city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Franklin city	Tennessee	United States
Housing units	36,239 ±718	3,143,670 ±903	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.8% ±1.3	89.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.2% ±1.6	10.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	63.8% ±1.7	66.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	36.2% ±2.1	33.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$705,400 ±$19,866	$286,700 ±$1,492	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,923 ±$50	$1,189 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2002 ±2	1987 ±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	Tennessee	United States
Hispanic or Latino	7,052 ±914	8.1% ±1.0	7.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	64,787 ±1,358	74.4% ±1.6	71.0% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,575 ±746	5.3% ±0.9	15.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	7,133 ±726	8.2% ±0.8	1.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	19 to 103	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	190 to 670	0.2% to 0.8%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	3,095 ±712	3.6% ±0.8	3.7% ±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	Tennessee	United States
Born in the state	30,198 ±1,441	34.7% ±1.7	57.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	44,925 ±1,640	51.6% ±1.9	35.7% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,646 ±369	1.9% ±0.4	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	10,364 ±1,217	11.9% ±1.4	6.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	3,064 ±540	3.5% ±0.6	2.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	7,300 ±1,209	8.4% ±1.4	3.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Franklin city among the places of Tennessee

7th of 113 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Tennessee page.

Places of Tennessee near Franklin city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Memphis city	618,980 ±62
Knoxville city	195,185 ±110
Chattanooga city	185,783 ±121
Clarksville city	176,456 ±45
Murfreesboro city	161,445 ±77
Franklin city	87,133 ±73
Johnson City city	72,222 ±439
Jackson city	68,435 ±43
Hendersonville city	63,091 ±84
Bartlett city	56,876 ±39
Smyrna town	56,692 ±48

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Franklin city, Tennessee

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in Tennessee by median home value
No. 3 Places in Tennessee by median rent
No. 4 Places in Tennessee by per capita income
No. 6 Places in Tennessee by foreign-born share
No. 6 Places in Tennessee by median household income
No. 18 Places in Tennessee by median age

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

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