With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Franklin works elsewhere
313 jobs are based in Franklin; 2,653 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Franklin is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Franklin, in brief
Franklin is a place people come home to
There are 313 jobs based in Franklin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin has about 5,100 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Franklin and Merced trade workers both ways
Merced is the top workplace for Franklin residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Franklin come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Franklin are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Where Franklin’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Franklin’s grade up (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin could be anywhere from D to C+.
Franklin by day and by night
On a workday 2,616 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Franklin on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
24% of working residents work in Merced
Where Franklin clocks in
24% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
From Franklin, about 23 minutes to the job
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 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,544 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Franklin goes to work
About 34% 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.
Most jobs in Franklin are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 313. 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.
Driving is how Franklin gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,742 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.1% of Franklin households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Franklin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Franklin places 2,655th of 3,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,653 | Jonesboro GA | 6,046 | $51K | 35.3% | 10.8% | 5% | C− |
| 2,654 | Toppenish WA | 8,635 | $68K | 18.0% | 8.7% | 19% | C− |
| 2,655 | Franklin CA | 7,392 | $58K | 22.9% | 6.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,656 | Grambling LA | 5,314 | — | 52.4% | 5.3% | 10% | C− |
| 2,657 | Bryan OH | 8,579 | $53K | 19.0% | 5.6% | 36% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Franklin, the top three, the last and three more from California.
24% of Franklin works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Merced. Darker towns draw more of Franklin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$58,295 (±$4,204) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin?
22.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Merced (24%, 4 mi), Atwater (6%, 4 mi), Modesto (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin walkable?
Franklin is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.