With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Franklin Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Franklin Township; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (12%, 30 miles). Employers in Franklin Township report 137 jobs for 554 working residents. For jobs and income Franklin Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Franklin Township stands out on work
Franklin Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Franklin Township is Fort Wayne, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (65) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Franklin Township is a place people come home to
There are 137 jobs based in Franklin Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin Township has about 760 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. 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; with 554 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Franklin Township
The poverty rate holds Franklin Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Franklin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Franklin Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
How far it is to work from Franklin Township
About 17% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Franklin Township
On a workday 552 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The places Franklin Township commutes to
Where Franklin Township clocks in
9% 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.
What Franklin Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 118 → 137. 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Franklin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 624 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
In Franklin Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 744 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). 9.8% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Franklin Township is 1,748th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,746 | Craig Beach OH | 1,004 | $72K | 17.1% | 1.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,747 | Atkinson Township IL | 1,199 | $58K | 6.1% | 7.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,748 | Franklin Township IN | 1,179 | $69K | 7.5% | 0.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,749 | Bennington Township KS | 1,269 | $86K | 8.6% | 2.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,750 | Turtle Creek Township OH | 1,555 | $84K | 15.8% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Indiana.
Franklin Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wilmington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $68,500 |
| Otsego Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $78,828 |
| Smithfield Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 20 min | $63,571 |
| Wilmington Township | 3% | C+ | C | 20 min | $69,091 |
| Troy Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Troy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$68,500 (±$34,138) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
7.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (12%, 30 mi), Auburn (9%, 11 mi), Ashley (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.