† 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
GroupFranklinWisconsinUnited States
German38.1%35.8%12.5%
Polish14.8%7.6%2.2%
Irish13.1%10.4%9.4%
English6.7%6.7%9.5%
Italian6.2%2.7%4.8%
Norwegian3.5%6.1%—
American3.1%3.4%5.3%
French2.8%2.2%1.6%
Mexican3.9%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%1.1%1.8%
Hmong2.0%1.0%—
Asian Indian1.0%0.6%1.4%
Burmese0.7%——
Chinese0.5%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Laotian0.2%——
African American†2.8%5.3%9.9%
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
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
43
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.0%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Franklin
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$106,894
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.7%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
44.3%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Franklin
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.5%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
5.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.8%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
3.9%
0.7%
2.0%
Arabic
1.6%
0.1%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Franklin
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
—
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.0%
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, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−24.7%
2008
−12.2%
2012
−18.2%
2016
−12.8%
2020
−8.2%
2024
−8.8%
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
44.1%Harris10,154
52.9%Trump12,191
2.9%
R+8.8
R+0.6
R+7.4
23,024
R
45.3%Biden10,048
53.5%Trump11,875
1.2%
R+8.2
D+4.5
R+12.7
22,198
R
40.7%Clinton8,048
53.5%Trump10,569
5.8%
R+12.8
D+5.5
R+14.8
19,768
R
40.4%Obama8,167
58.6%Romney11,855
1.1%
R+18.2
R+6.0
R+22.1
20,236
R
43.4%Obama8,347
55.6%McCain10,691
1.0%
R+12.2
D+12.5
R+19.5
19,231
R
37.4%Kerry7,774
62.0%Bush12,902
0.6%
R+24.7
—
R+22.2
20,800
Franklin sits in the WOW counties belt south of Milwaukee, a ring of historically Republican-leaning suburbs where demographic shifts and college-education sorting have made once-reliable margins increasingly competitive in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 24.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.8 points.
A population of 35,886, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,894 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oak Creek and New Berlin.
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, Wisconsin voted Republican by 8.8 points (R+8.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,024 votes cast, 10,154 went Democratic and 12,191 went Republican.
How many people live in Franklin, Wisconsin?
Franklin, Wisconsin has a population of 35,886 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Franklin, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Franklin, Wisconsin is $106,894 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Franklin, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Franklin, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
