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Franklin city

Virginia · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
8,250
Median household income
$63,245
People below poverty
19.3%
Median home value
$256,600

Income

The median income of households in Franklin city, Virginia was $63,245. An estimated 9.1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 2% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 9.1
$10,000 to $14,999 4.8
$15,000 to $24,999 6.9
$25,000 to $34,999 7.3
$35,000 to $49,999 11.9
$50,000 to $74,999 18.7
$75,000 to $99,999 17.2
$100,000 to $149,999 12.9
$150,000 to $199,999 9.1
$200,000 or more 2

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 58042
Female 44411

An estimated 69.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 32.3% of households received Social Security and an estimated 30.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $23,778. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 69.7
Social Security 32.3
Retirement income 30.5
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 11.2
Cash public assistance income 13.4

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 19.3 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 31.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 14.9% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 14.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 19.3
Children under 18 years below poverty 31.4
People 65 years old and over below poverty 14.9
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 14.8

In 2020-2024, 28.5 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 39.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 44.5% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 49.7% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024, 97.1% had health insurance coverage and 2.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 60.6% and public coverage was 55.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 3.2%.


In 2020-2024, Franklin city, Virginia had a total population of 8,250 - 4,442 (53.8%) females and 3,808 (46.2%) males. The median age was 38.3 years. An estimated 27% of the population was under 18 years, 29.3% was 19 to 44 years, 23.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 18.6 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 345 286
5 to 9 448 224
10 to 14 188 368
15 to 19 284 212
20 to 24 208 96
25 to 29 238 444
30 to 34 206 266
35 to 39 276 152
40 to 44 157 371
45 to 49 166 271
50 to 54 220 197
55 to 59 211 316
60 to 64 242 324
65 to 69 151 364
70 to 74 170 153
75 to 79 163 165
80 to 84 96 102
85 and over 39 131

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 38.1% were White; 55.8% were Black or African American; 12% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0% were Asian; 30.2% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 5.9% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 3.2% of the people in Franklin city, Virginia were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 37.7% of the people in Franklin city, Virginia were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 3,454 households in Franklin city, Virginia. The average household size was 2.35 people.

Married-couple households made up 35.5% of the households in Franklin city, Virginia while cohabiting couple households made up 6% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 44.6% of all households, while 14% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 8.2% of households were male householders living alone, and 20.8% were female householders living alone, for a total of 29% of all households.

In Franklin city, Virginia, 34.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 32.4% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 35.5
Cohabiting Couples 6
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
14
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
44.6

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 51.3% of males and 35.2% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 39.9 32.2
Now married, except separated 51.3 35.2
Separated 0.8 3.9
Widowed 2.4 12.3
Divorced 5.6 16.3

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Franklin city, Virginia, 119 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 25.2% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 99.2% of the people living in Franklin city, Virginia were U.S. natives. 68.5% of the Franklin city, Virginia population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0.8% of Franklin city, Virginia residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 19.4% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Franklin city, Virginia come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Franklin city, Virginia.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 14.9
Asia 4.5
Europe 56.7
Africa 0
Northern America 23.9
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024, 1.7 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.5% of people at least five years old; 0.1% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 1.5
Other Indo-European languages 0.3
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 86.8 % of the people at least one year old living in Franklin city, Virginia were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 86.8
Different house, same county 4
Different county, same state 7.1
Different state 2.1
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 86.2 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 27.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 13.8% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Franklin city, Virginia was 1,777 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 145 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 1,431. College or graduate school enrollment was 201.

Educational Attainment of People in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 13.8
High school diploma or equivalency 32.6
Some college, no degree 19.9
Associate's degree 6.4
Bachelor's degree 16.7
Graduate or professional degree 10.6

Disability

In Franklin city, Virginia, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 22.6 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 10.8% of people under 18 years old, to 23.3% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 38.8% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Franklin city, Virginia, 52 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 43.4% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 77.4% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 20.5% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 2 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 2,510 77.4
Federal, state, or local government workers 665 20.5
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 66 2

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Franklin city, Virginia worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.3
Construction 4.7
Manufacturing 14.7
Wholesale trade 2.5
Retail trade 8.2
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 3.1
Information 0.6
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 4.9
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 8.6
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 35.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 7.1
Other Services, except public administration 3.9
Public administration 6.3

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 1,275 39.3
Service occupations 752 23.2
Sales and office occupations 355 11
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 311 9.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 548 16.9

Commuting to Work

An estimated 84.4% of Franklin city, Virginia workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 4.1% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 23.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 84.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 4.1
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 4.3
Other means 2.5
Worked from home 4.7

In 2020-2024, Franklin city, Virginia had a total of 3,910 housing units. Of these housing units, 70.5% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 29.4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 70.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 29.4
Mobile homes 0.1
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

4.7% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 12.8% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Franklin city, Virginia was 6 rooms, and of these housing units 65.8% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Franklin city, Virginia had 3,454 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 456 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 53.9% while renters occupied 46.1%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.15 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.59.

6.9% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 8.6% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 9.1% and another 25.9% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Franklin city, Virginia:

House Heating Fuel Used in Franklin city, Virginia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 6.5
Electricity 85.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 6.2
All other fuels 1.9
No fuel used 0.3

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Franklin city, Virginia was $256,600.

Of the owner-occupied households, 63.5 % had a mortgage. 36.5% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,648 and for owners without a mortgage it was $588.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Franklin city, Virginia was $988. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.