Photo: SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.5 jobs in Franklin for every working resident, and 742 people commute in
Franklin has 766 jobs, and 310 of its residents work somewhere. Only 8% stay in Franklin for work; outside it, Newnan is the main destination (8%, 20 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all, where Georgia as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Franklin, in brief
Franklin is where the jobs are
Franklin has 766 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,500 people are in town, 46% more than the 1,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Franklin makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Franklin are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Franklin residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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; with 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Franklin: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 286 residents head out to work and 24 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Franklin on a workday afternoon, 46% more than live here.
2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Goods jobs make up 51% of work in Franklin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 766. 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.
Where in the region Franklin works
About 32% 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.
Where Franklin’s workers come from
Where Franklin clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
How long Franklin spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
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?
$32,917 (±$19,873) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin?
26.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newnan (8%, 20 mi), Carrollton (7%, 21 mi), LaGrange (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Franklin without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 27% 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.