Households in Franklin Park have lower incomes than those in 97% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami. Below the poverty line: 45.8% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Franklin Park C; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Franklin Park, in a few figures
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Franklin Park’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 44 minutes, longer than the Florida average of 28. The reason is the way people travel: 32% of commuters take transit, against 4% nationally. How people get to work ↓ Time on the road ↓
Franklin Park is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Franklin Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Franklin Park and Fort Lauderdale trade workers both ways
Fort Lauderdale is the top workplace for Franklin Park residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Franklin Park come from (24% 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 433 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Franklin Park
On income, poverty and job access, Franklin Park is better than 26% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Franklin Park’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Franklin Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Franklin Park could be anywhere from C− to B−.
A commute of about 44 minutes in Franklin Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 214 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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 daily commute in and out of Franklin Park
On a workday 433 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Franklin Park on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Franklin Park clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
Franklin Park is a services town
41 jobs are based in Franklin Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Park, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 41. 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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Franklin Park commutes
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.
Franklin Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Park is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Franklin Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 256 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 28.8% of Franklin Park households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 32% of Franklin Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Franklin Park is 3,685th among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,683 | Mason Township IL | 1,243 | $78K | 15.6% | 3.4% | <1% | C |
| 3,684 | Lyon Township MI | 1,279 | $68K | 8.2% | 3.2% | 7% | C |
| 3,685 | Franklin Park FL | 1,688 | $38K | 45.8% | 0.0% | 0% | C |
| 3,686 | Carterville MO | 1,869 | $59K | 18.3% | 4.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,687 | Middletown VA | 1,471 | $60K | 14.6% | 1.1% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Park, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Franklin Park
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Park | – | C | A+ | 44 min | $38,333 |
| Washington Park | under 2% | B− | B− | 18 min | $61,200 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Franklin Park’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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Franklin Park?
$38,333 (±$17,626) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Park?
45.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Park?
44 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Park work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (19%, 2 mi), Sunrise (12%, 6 mi), Pompano Beach (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Park walkable?
Franklin Park is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 32% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Park without a car?
32% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Franklin Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franklin Park
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.