Household incomes in Franklin Township are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 24.0%, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. For jobs and income Franklin Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in ten work in Franklin Township itself; outside it, Marion draws the most (42%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Franklin Township apart on work
42% of Franklin Township works in Marion
1,122 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Marion, 4.1 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Franklin Township itself. The commute map ↓
Franklin Township is where the jobs are
Franklin Township has 5,247 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Franklin Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Franklin Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,247 jobs in Franklin Township are filled from a wide area. Franklin Township’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Franklin Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Franklin Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Franklin Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Franklin Township
Job access by car holds Franklin Township’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($45,345, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from D to C.
The towns that send workers to Franklin Township
Where Franklin Township clocks in
42% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Franklin Township
On a workday 2,376 residents head out to work, 299 work right here, and 4,948 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,600 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 17 minutes to work from Franklin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 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 2,672 commuters (the 6% 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.
Making and building: 37% of jobs based in Franklin Township
5,247 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,480 → 5,247. 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.
Half of Franklin Township commutes less than 8 miles
About 21% 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.
In Franklin Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,839 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). 12.2% 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.
How Franklin Township compares with U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 76 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 122 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 173 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 3,000 | International Falls MN | 5,481 | $58K | 13.3% | 7.7% | 65% | D |
| 3,001 | Hudson NY | 5,721 | $54K | 28.2% | 7.7% | 23% | D |
| 3,002 | Franklin Township IN | 7,070 | $45K | 24.0% | 8.2% | 11% | D |
| 3,003 | Mecca CA | 7,184 | $48K | 17.8% | 7.0% | 6% | D |
| 3,004 | Heber Springs AR | 7,323 | $51K | 17.0% | 6.5% | 32% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
How Franklin Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | D | B+ | 17 min | $45,345 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $59,194 |
| Mill Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 29 min | $56,280 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Sims Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 21 min | $74,717 |
| Center Township | under 2% | D | A | 18 min | $42,698 |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty 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 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?
$45,345 (±$8,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
24.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (42%, 4 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 56 mi), Gas City (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% 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), 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.