Photo: SaveRivers · Public domainMost of Franklin commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Franklin itself; outside it, Montgomery draws the most (21%, 29 miles). Employers in Franklin report 26 jobs, against 287 working residents. 35% of workers have no commute at all (Alabama 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Franklin, in a few figures
Franklin is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Franklin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin has about 310 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Franklin works from home
35% of Franklin workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Time on the road ↓
Franklin and Montgomery trade workers both ways
Montgomery is the top workplace for Franklin residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Franklin come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 287 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Franklin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 285 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Franklin on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Franklin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Franklin’s residents
Where Franklin clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Franklin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 26. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Franklin
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Franklin: questions
What is the median household income in Franklin?
$85,817 (±$11,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin?
17.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (21%, 29 mi), Tuskegee (16%, 6 mi), Auburn (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Franklin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Franklin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franklin
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.