Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,627.
The best of Franklin Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and incomes and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 32 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do worse. 16% of the land in Franklin Township is conserved, against 1.9% in Indiana’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Sherman Minton Nature Preserve, at 1,441 acres. Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Franklin Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2017.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
9 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
8 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family StadiumUnited States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0
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.
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Township.
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 1% work in town. 4.8% of Franklin Township residents live below the poverty line, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Franklin Township grew to 67 in 2023, 42 more than in 2013.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 15% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Franklin Township’s July high is 88°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Franklin Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sherman Minton Nature Preserve | 0.3 mi | 1,441 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 44 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Franklin Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Franklin Township beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 40% of Franklin Township adults have obesity.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Franklin Township has grown 5.9% since 2020, to 1,627 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 15% of residents are 65 or older in Franklin Township.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 22% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Franklin Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.5% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.8% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.3% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.1% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
10 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 6 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Franklin Township is one of five townships in Floyd County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,499 and it contained 621 housing units. Franklin Township, along with Lafayette Township, are the only two townships in the county without an incorporated community, and is by far the least populous township in the county.
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5 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | A− | C+ |
| New Albany Township | #280 | B | B | — | A− | C |
| Franklin Township | #58 | A | A | — | A | B− |
| Georgetown Township | #63 | A | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Posey Township | #149 | A− | A+ | — | A− | C |
Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, New Albany Township, Franklin Township, Georgetown Township and Posey Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.
