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Franklin borough, Sussex County, NJ

4,968 Population
4.4 square miles 1,140.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 43.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,657 ±$4,931 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sussex County: $57,252 ±$1,610
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$92,744 ±$17,651 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sussex County: $116,186 ±$2,466
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±3.3% (398  ±162) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 5.5% † 8,008 (±0.7% / ±1,034)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.9 minutes ±2.6 (83,185  ±10,897) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sussex County: 36.3 2,363,505 (±0.8 / ±72,510)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,224 ±186 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 57,767 ±572
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (4,945  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 2.5 144,223 (±0 / ±92)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.1% (10  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sussex County: 4.6% † 1,399 (±0.7% / ±208)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,288 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 62,865 ±76
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$272,600 ±$17,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sussex County: $369,400 ±$4,606
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±9.1% (615  ±451.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 7.8% † 11,226 (±0.8% / ±1,217)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±10.5% (3,463  ±431) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 95.4% 101,402 (±1.9% / ±2,022.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±3.8% (744  ±146.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 40.3% 42,800 (±1.2% / ±1,317.4)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.9% ±3.6% (540  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.8% 12,757
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2.4% (274  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sussex County: 4.8% 5,683 (±0.4% / ±488)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
274 Total veterans ±97 244 Male ±87 30 Female ±35

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