Franklin Square, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
30,897
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
40
1.72% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
5.56%
4.59% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$143,263
2.29% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$657,000
2.61% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
16,173
0.271% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Franklin Square, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

90.5% of the residents in Franklin Square, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Franklin Square, NY was $657,000, and the homeownership rate was 83.2%.

Most people in Franklin Square, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 34.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Franklin Square, NY was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Franklin Square, NY is home to a population of 30.9k people, from which 90.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 27% of Franklin Square, NY residents were born outside of the country (8.36k people).

In 2024, there were 3.26 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16.6k people) in Franklin Square, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 5.1k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 3.38k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

90.5%
2024 Citizenship
91.1%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 90.5% of Franklin Square, NY residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Franklin Square, NY was 91.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Franklin Square, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    16.6k ± 1.36k
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    5.1k ± 1.22k
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    3.38k ± 1.09k
21.3%
Hispanic Population
6.59k people

In 2024, there were 3.26 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (16.6k people) in Franklin Square, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 5.1k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 3.38k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

21.3% of the people in Franklin Square, NY are hispanic (6.59k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Franklin Square, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

27%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
8.36k people
26.8%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
8.18k people

As of 2024, 27% of Franklin Square, NY residents (8.36k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Franklin Square, NY was 26.8%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    327 ± 179
  2. Vietnam
    288 ± 135
  3. Korea
    111 ± 87

Franklin Square, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.14 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Franklin Square, NY employs 16.2k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Franklin Square, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (2,673 people), Educational Services (2,045 people), and Retail Trade (1,475 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($113,281), Public Administration ($102,526), and Utilities ($99,453).

Employment

Occupations

16.2k
2024 Value
± 1,123
−0.271%
1 Year decline
± 9.74%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Franklin Square, NY declined at a rate of −0.271%, from 16.2k employees to 16.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Franklin Square, NY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,776 people), Management Occupations (1,670 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (1,470 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Franklin Square, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

16.2k
2024 Value
± 1,123
−0.271%
1 Year decline
± 9.74%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Franklin Square, NY declined at a rate of −0.271%, from 16.2k employees to 16.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Franklin Square, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (2,673 people), Educational Services (2,045 people), and Retail Trade (1,475 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Franklin Square, NY, though some of these residents may live in Franklin Square, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$68,458
Median earning men ± $10,702
$51,898
Median earning women ± $9,448

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($145,744), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($112,038), and Public Administration ($102,411).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($102,568), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($64,167), and Wholesale Trade ($62,031).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Franklin Square, NY was $657,000 in 2024, which is 1.97 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $640,300 to $657,000, a 2.61% increase. The homeownership rate in Franklin Square, NY is 83.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Franklin Square, NY have an average commute time of 34.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Franklin Square, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$657,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$10,989
$8,109
Median Property Taxes
±$658

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Franklin Square, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Franklin Square, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

83.2%
Homeownership
2024
60.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 83.2% of the housing units in Franklin Square, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 83%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$143,263
Median Household Income
± $10,785
9.75k
Number of Households
± 841

In 2024, the median household income of the 9.75k households in Franklin Square, NY grew to $143,263 from the previous year's value of $140,051.

The following chart displays the households in Franklin Square, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Franklin Square, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (66.7%)
  2. Worked At Home (11.5%)
  3. Public Transit (10%)

In 2024, 66.7% of workers in Franklin Square, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (11.5%) and those who used public transit to get to work (10%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

34.6 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Franklin Square, NY have a longer commute time (34.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 6.61% of the workforce in Franklin Square, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Franklin Square, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Franklin Square, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.56% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Franklin Square, NY (1.71k out of 30.8k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Males 35 - 44 and then Males 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Franklin Square, NY is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.2% of the population of Franklin Square, NY has health coverage, with 58.6% on employee plans, 13.2% on Medicaid, 12.2% on Medicare, 12.1% on non-group plans, and 0.0617% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.3% were men and 50.7% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.4% under 18 years, 21.3% between 18 and 34 years, 40% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.3% were men and 50.7% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.77%
Uninsured
58.6%
Employer Coverage
13.2%
Medicaid
12.2%
Medicare
12.1%
Non-Group
0.0617%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Franklin Square, NY declined by 10.2% from 4.2% to 3.77%.

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