† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFranklinIndianaUnited States
German19.1%19.5%12.5%
English13.3%11.3%9.5%
American13.0%6.9%5.3%
Irish10.9%10.1%9.4%
Italian2.8%2.4%4.8%
Scottish2.4%1.5%1.3%
Dutch1.6%——
French1.5%1.3%1.6%
African American†2.7%7.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Mexican1.6%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Asian Indian0.9%0.8%1.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Franklin
Indiana
United States
Median age
34.5
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.6%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Franklin
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$82,380
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.0%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.8%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Franklin
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
5.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Franklin
Indiana
United States
Catholic
—
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
57.9%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Franklin, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−40.5%
2008
−16.1%
2012
−31.0%
2016
−38.8%
2020
−30.7%
2024
−29.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
34.3%Harris3,920
63.7%Trump7,274
2.0%
R+29.4
D+1.3
R+27.9
11,421
R
33.4%Biden3,695
64.1%Trump7,094
2.6%
R+30.7
D+8.1
R+35.2
11,072
R
26.9%Clinton2,564
65.7%Trump6,262
7.5%
R+38.8
R+7.8
R+40.9
9,538
R
33.4%Obama2,842
64.4%Romney5,479
2.3%
R+31.0
R+14.8
R+34.8
8,514
R
41.3%Obama3,691
57.4%McCain5,134
1.3%
R+16.1
D+24.3
R+23.4
8,945
R
29.6%Kerry2,236
70.1%Bush5,295
0.3%
R+40.5
—
R+38.0
7,557
Franklin sits at the edge of metro Indianapolis's southward expansion, where suburban in-migration has layered newer residential growth onto a historically small-city Republican base, keeping margins wide but shifting the underlying demography.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 40.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.4 points.
A population of 26,168, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,380 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nixa and Republic.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Franklin, Indiana voted Republican by 29.4 points (R+29.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,421 votes cast, 3,920 went Democratic and 7,274 went Republican.
How many people live in Franklin, Indiana?
Franklin, Indiana has a population of 26,168 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Franklin, Indiana?
Median household income in Franklin, Indiana is $82,380 — above the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Franklin, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Franklin, Indiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
