Franklin ParkFL
In Florida, this town has 1,688 residents.
Is Franklin Park a good place to live?
Franklin Park’s best subject grade is an A+ for walkability; its weakest is a D− for health. Franklin Park’s average commute is 44 minutes, above both Florida’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 1 of Florida’s 776 towns do better. The typical home is worth about , years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Franklin Park’s trail network density is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both the Florida town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Franklin Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Franklin Park stand out
Where Franklin Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Franklin Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 23.2% | 8.6% |
100% of working residents leave Franklin Park for work
Where Franklin Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Franklin Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Franklin Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hard Rock Stadium and 71 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaAmerant Bank Arena
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
25 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
4 mi Stadium & arenaChase StadiumPhoto credits
Hard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Amerant Bank Arena: Yanjipy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Chase Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Franklin Park: who provides what
Franklin Park is unincorporated, so Broward County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Park.
A larger share of adults smoke cigarettes in Franklin Park than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Franklin Park: 33% of adults say their health is fair or poor. No town among the 637 in Florida we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Franklin Park. Also worth knowing: on the CDC’s 31 measures, Franklin Park is ahead of Florida on 3 and behind on 22. Only 2 of the 637 Florida towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Franklin Park.
| Franklin Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 20% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Franklin Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.2% | 9.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.3% | 14.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 23.2% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Franklin Park has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected losses in Franklin Park break down as 47% from inland flooding and 37% from hurricanes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in nearly four fifths of U.S. communities. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2017.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More of Franklin Park’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (19%), Sunrise (12%) and Pompano Beach (6%). For Franklin Park, the middle household income is $38,000. Jobs based in the town fell to 41 in 2023, 49 fewer than in 2013.
| Franklin Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 46% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $38,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Franklin Park brings mild winters and hot summers
In Franklin Park, the typical July afternoon high is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 5.9% of Franklin Park
0.1 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. Franklin Park has one park or preserve, 2 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Franklin Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Franklin Park sells for about $440K
3.6% of households are owner-occupiers in Franklin Park. For Franklin Park, the median rent is $1,233 a month.
| Franklin Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 3.6% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,233 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Franklin Park
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Park
About 2 of every 100 Franklin Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Franklin Park
CDP in Florida, United States
Franklin Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Broward County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,025 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
Franklin Park’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Franklin Park.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Park | — | — | D | — | B | D− |
| Washington Park | — | — | D | — | B | D− |
Franklin Park and Washington Park have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Park and Washington Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Park with a neighbor →