City safety & data profile

FranklinWI

Franklin, WI is a 36K-resident city in Milwaukee County with a median household income of $106,894.

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Franklin, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Franklin has a population larger than 70% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $364,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

36K
Population (place)
Top 30%
By size
$106,894
Median income (place)
$364,200
Median home (place)
6.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Franklin

Franklin posts a median household income higher than 75% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Franklin area.

Top 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Franklin

Where Franklin income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$106,894 Top 25% higher than 75% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Franklin $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WI

Population among 85 WI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Franklin, WI beyond the headline numbers

Franklin sits inside Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, at roughly 42.89°N, -88.04°W. Population 36,222, $106,894 median household income. Median home value $364,200, median rent $1,458. Poverty rate 6.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Franklin, 0 with an ER.

At 6.7%, poverty in Franklin, WI runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Franklin costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

16% of Franklin workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 31.1% in Franklin, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Franklin workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 43 years, Franklin's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Franklin from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
36,222
Franklin · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$106,894
+20% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$364,200
-12% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Milwaukee County): Franklin's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
926K-3%
Median Income
$64,435+49%
Median Home Value
$230,700+46%
Poverty Rate
17.2%-20%
Unemployment
4.8%-57%

Economics

Economics indicators for Franklin, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,458/mo
Poverty Rate
6.7% -46% vs avg
Unemployment 3.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 44.3%
Work From Home 16%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 83%
African American 2.9%
Asian 5.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
33.8%
Obesity
32.3%
Short Sleep Duration
31.1%
Physical Inactivity
20.9%
Binge Drinking
17.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.6%
Diabetes
10.9%
Current Smoking
10.7%
Current Asthma
10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72.6%
Annual Checkup 80.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Franklin?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Franklin right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WI-FRANKLIN-WI · Franklin

Franklin: 18 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 18 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Franklin

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 18 tagged notices on record for Franklin.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ2)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Franklin; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (18 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Franklin, WI? ▼
Franklin, WI has a population of 36,222 people, located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Franklin? ▼
The median household income in Franklin, WI is $106,894 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.7%.
What is the median home value in Franklin? ▼
The median home value in Franklin, WI is $364,200. Median rent is $1,458/month.
What are the top health concerns in Franklin? ▼
The top health indicators in Franklin include High Blood Pressure (33.8%), Obesity (32.3%), Short Sleep Duration (31.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Franklin? ▼
Franklin has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Franklin? ▼
The median age in Franklin, WI is 43 years. 44.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Franklin, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (6.7% here).

South San Francisco, CA 6.7% North Port, FL 6.7% Castro Valley, CA 6.7% Gilroy, CA 6.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($106,894 here).

Beachwood, NJ $106,858 Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 Safety Harbor, FL $106,830 Hoffman Estates, IL $106,806

Compare Franklin with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Greendale, WI 14K Greenfield, WI 37K Muskego, WI 25K New Berlin, WI 40K West Allis, WI 61K Caledonia, WI 25K Wauwatosa, WI 48K Oak Creek, WI 35K
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Using Franklin's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Franklin area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Franklin against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Milwaukee County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.