Franklin Park, Illinois


Franklin Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18,467 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 18,110 in 2024. It was named for real estate broker Lesser Franklin who bought acres of the area when it was a majority of farming fields.
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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of, all land. It is part of Leyden Township.

Demographics

According to realtor website Zillow, the average price of a home as of November 30, 2025, in Franklin Park is $297,710.
As of the 2023 American Community Survey, there are 5,900 estimated households in Franklin Park with an average of 3.09 persons per household. The village has a median household income of $76,009. Approximately 13.6% of the village's population lives at or below the poverty line. Franklin Park has an estimated 66.6% employment rate, with 18.7% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 77.2% holding a high school diploma. There were 6,182 housing units at an average density of.
The top five reported languages were English, Spanish, Indo-European, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Other.
The median age in the village was 37.0 years.
Race / ethnicity Pop. 1980Pop. 1990Pop. 2000Pop. 2010
White alone 15,749
14,343
11,251
9,573
7,530
Black or African American alone 8
29
112
167
242
Native American or Alaska Native alone 0
23
13
24
18
Asian alone 166
234
478
543
705
Pacific Islander alone ——1
1
2
Other race alone 41
7
12
13
70
Mixed race or multiracial ——168
110
268
Hispanic or Latino 1,543
3,849
7,399
7,902
9,632
Total17,507
18,485
19,434
18,333
18,467

2024 estimate

As of the 2024 estimate, there were 18,110 people, 5,900 households, and _ families residing in the village. The population density was. There were 6,182 housing units at an average density of. The racial makeup of the village was 46.8% White , 1.0% African American, 2.1% Native American, 3.1% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, _% from some other races and 26.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 58.5% of the population.

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 18,467 people, 6,346 households, and 4,588 families residing in the village. The population density was. There were 6,604 housing units at an average density of. The racial makeup of the village was 48.15% White, 1.68% African American, 2.04% Native American, 3.95% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 26.00% from some other races and 18.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 52.16% of the population.
There were 6,346 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.82% were married couples living together, 19.89% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.53% were non-families. 23.98% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.67 and the average family size was 3.09.
The village's age distribution consisted of 22.0% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 27% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $67,755, and the median income for a family was $82,361. Males had a median income of $44,973 versus $30,943 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,547. About 11.7% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.3% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Franklin Park has three Metra stations: Belmont Avenue on Metra's North Central Service, which provides daily rail service between Antioch, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois ; Franklin Park on Rose Street, and Mannheim on the Milwaukee District West Line which connects Chicago to Elgin, Illinois.
Franklin Park is in the close proximity of O'Hare International Airport; airplanes can be seen taking off and descending over the village. The village is served by three railroads: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, Canadian National Railway, and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.
Pace provides bus service on multiple routes connecting Franklin Park to destinations across the region.

Businesses

Franklin Park is home to Grand Stand Pizza, A.M. Castle & Co, R&M Trucking Co.
Aerospace Manufacturer, Chucking Machine Products, Sax-Tiedemann Funeral Home & Crematorium, Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc., and Ex-Cell Kaiser, manufacturers of waste and recycling products. The village is home to the Sloan Valve Company, famous for the flushometer.
It was also home to Midway Manufacturing before the company relocated in 1991.

Education

Elementary school districts:
High school districts:
Private Catholic schools in nearby River Grove :
Triton College is the area community college.

Notable people