With 7,118 people, West Frankfort is a city in Illinois. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The poverty rate is 29.0%, above the 12.5% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $81,200. Households here earn about 43% less than in Illinois as a whole. The foreign-born share is 1%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,898, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
9% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about West Frankfort
What changed most since 1990
White share99.7% → 95.9%(−3.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population8,526 → 7,118(−17%)US over the same years: +35%
Median home value (2024 dollars)$67,922 → $81,200(+20%)US over the same years: +67%
Its weight in Franklin County
West Frankfort's population equals 19% of Franklin County's. Its number of households without a car equals 38% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 9.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.9%(62)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.6%(84)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.7%(94)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.4%(8)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II8.2%(27)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 328 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
West Frankfort, decade by decade
West Frankfort population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,526
$42,179
$67,922
6.7%
0.7
2000
8,196
$46,194
$75,417
11.5%
4.9
2010
8,182
$41,012
$79,121
10.4%
9.8
2020
7,275
$37,498
$77,692
8.1%
19.6
2024
7,118
$47,898
$81,200
8.9%
10.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
