Franklin TownshipIN
A town of 1,179.
Is Franklin Township a good place to live?
Franklin Township’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. On civic life, just 80 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Franklin Township stand out
Where Franklin Township beats most towns.
1,179 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Franklin Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
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Moving to Franklin Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Franklin Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Township.
On CDC estimates, Franklin Township is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
In Franklin Township, 18% of adults report frequent mental distress, where Indiana’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 17%. For adults in the town, the share who have obesity is 43%. Two figures for adults in the town: 18% smoke cigarettes, 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Franklin Township’s public schools trail 76% of Indiana districts
Its two schools are below. 2 public schools serve Franklin Township, with 375 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Community Elementary SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 192 | B− |
| Hamilton Community High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 183 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Natural hazards: very low risk in Franklin Township, mostly inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 49% come from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes. Franklin Township’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 19 of 100. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Franklin Township work out of town
Just 1% of Franklin Township’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Franklin Township grew to 141 in 2023, 36 more than in 2013. Also worth knowing: the town’s average trip to work stands at 26 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Fort Wayne (15%), Auburn (11%) and Butler (8%).
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Indiana overall
Among adults 25 and older, 25% have a four-year degree or more, against 30% across Indiana. Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (37% statewide); children under 18 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). The midpoint age in Franklin Township is 44.9 years. 1,179 people lived in Franklin Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 2.8% more than in 2020.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Franklin Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.4% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
The climate in Franklin Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 17°, with about 39 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum15 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
29 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
30 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
30 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
35 mi GardenSlayton ArboretumPhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Slayton Arboretum: Brother Atticus, CC0
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Everything we know about Franklin Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 5 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
99% of working residents leave Franklin Township for work
Where Franklin Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Franklin Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Franklin Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,367, up from 1,182 at the 2010 census, and it contained 510 housing units.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 922 ft
Questions about Franklin Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Franklin Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.