Gabriel Farnsley House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Franklin Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Franklin Township; the top destination outside it is New Albany (16%, 8 miles). There are 67 jobs in Franklin Township, and 737 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Franklin Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Franklin Township stands out on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Franklin Township
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Franklin Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Franklin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Franklin Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who commutes out of Franklin Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Franklin Township’s residents
Where Franklin Township clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Franklin Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 67. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Franklin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 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 696 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Franklin Township’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Getting around Franklin Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is near the bottom 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 823 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Franklin Township ranks: 429th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 427 | Danvers Township IL | 1,842 | $98K | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 428 | Curran Township IL | 1,533 | $103K | 4.1% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 429 | Franklin Township IN | 1,627 | $91K | 4.8% | 6.5% | 1% | A |
| 430 | Herman WI | 1,145 | $115K | 6.3% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| 431 | Waupun WI | 1,390 | $113K | 2.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
Next door is work for 11% of Franklin Township
The biggest share goes to Louisville (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | A | D− | 27 min | $91,477 |
| New Albany Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $65,344 |
| Georgetown Township | 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $108,287 |
| Posey Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 38 min | $84,348 |
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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Franklin Township?
$91,477 (±$24,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
4.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (16%, 8 mi), Jeffersonville (9%, 14 mi), Louisville (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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. 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.