Franklin TownshipGrant County, IN
A town of 7,070.
Is Franklin Township a good place to live?
Franklin Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $88K, 1.6 years of the Marion area’s $54K median household income. It grades C− overall, 522nd among Indiana's 585 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household income is $45K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Franklin Township, above both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Franklin Township is home to Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global. Franklin Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
What makes Franklin Township stand out
Where Franklin Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Jobs vs. working residents
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global | 2,931 |
| Widest gap | Franklin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.7% | 15.4% |
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global calls Franklin Township home
How Franklin Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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.
Franklin Township draws workers from Marion and beyond, but it has poverty well above the Indiana rate and has little public open land.
Franklin Township earns a D for health
17% of adults have diabetes in Franklin Township. Franklin Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 28% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Franklin Township.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 21% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.7% | 15.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 22.4% | 14.7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 11.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Franklin Township fall behind 62% of Indiana districts
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Christian School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 132 | – |
| Excel Center - Grant CountyLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 39 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
About two in five of Franklin Township’s working residents commute to Marion
5,247 jobs are based in Franklin Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.4 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 11% work in town. Franklin Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes. Since 2013, Franklin Township has lost 1,233 jobs, to 5,247 in 2023.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $45,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Franklin Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Franklin Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Franklin Township has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 2 of its 22,945 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Franklin Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.0 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Lincoln Park, at 25 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lincoln Park | — | 25 |
| 2. Sunnay Acres Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Webster Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Franklin Township
Colleges nearby
3 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.
Every workday, about 4,948 people come to 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 thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,211 and it contained 3,553 housing units.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 843 ft
Franklin Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Mill Township (C−) comes closest. Pleasant Township next door grades higher for schools (A− to Franklin Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (C+ to A−).
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | #522 | C− | A− | — | C+ | D |
| Pleasant Township | #538 | C− | C+ | — | A− | D |
| Mill Township | #524 | C− | B+ | — | B− | D |
| Liberty Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sims Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Center Township | #553 | C− | A− | — | C | D |
Sims Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, Pleasant Township, Mill Township, Sims Township and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Liberty Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Franklin Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Franklin Township, IN a good place to live?
Franklin Township grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #522 of 585 in Indiana. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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−.