Franklin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). Franklin Township has 352 jobs; 1,060 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Franklin Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Franklin Township apart
Franklin Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Franklin Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Franklin Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Franklin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Franklin Township empties out on a workday
About 1,500 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 2,200 who live here: 1,000 head out to work and 320 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Franklin Township’s grade up ($88,431, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
In Franklin Township, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 428 → 352. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Franklin Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,148 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Franklin Township
On a workday 1,023 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Franklin Township 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 2024, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Rockford
Where Franklin Township clocks in
10% 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.
How far Franklin Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Franklin Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Franklin Township 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 1,217 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Franklin Township ranks 2,448th of 5,641 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,446 | Crested Butte CO | 1,693 | $74K | 3.2% | 13.3% | 32% | B− |
| 2,447 | Loudonville OH | 2,733 | $56K | 10.4% | 1.4% | 14% | B− |
| 2,448 | Franklin Township IL | 2,205 | $88K | 12.6% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,449 | Liberty Township IN | 2,248 | $65K | 15.0% | 0.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,450 | Montague Township MI | 1,576 | $91K | 11.4% | 10.5% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Franklin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | B− | C | 34 min | $88,431 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A | C− | 34 min | $93,056 |
| Kingston Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $103,286 |
| Flora Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 24 min | $53,654 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Franklin Township’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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Franklin Township?
$88,431 (±$16,644) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
12.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (10%, 14 mi), Sycamore (7%, 13 mi), DeKalb (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Franklin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franklin Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.