Photo: User:Mingusboodle · Public domainFranklin Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
About one in five stay in Franklin Township for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (31%, 20 miles). Franklin Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Franklin Township: the gist
The figures behind Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #190 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The towns that employ Franklin Township’s residents
Where Franklin Township clocks in
31% of workers
22% of workers
8% 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.
Who commutes out of Franklin Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 7,705 residents head out to work, 2,020 work right here, and 10,403 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Franklin Township’s employers do
12,423 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 11,572 → 12,423. 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 26 minutes in 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 9,280 commuters (the 11% 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.
Miles to work from Franklin Township
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.
Most of Franklin Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #225 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,444 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). 5.2% 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.
Franklin Township places 833rd of 1,658 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 31 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Vernon Township IN | 20,047 | $108K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Sugar Creek Township IN | 18,299 | $101K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 831 | Fairland MD | 26,231 | $99K | 10.4% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 832 | Anoka MN | 18,169 | $76K | 8.3% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| 833 | Franklin Township IN | 22,301 | $83K | 9.5% | 3.9% | 21% | B+ |
| 834 | Yukon OK | 27,615 | $75K | 8.8% | 4.0% | 10% | B+ |
| 835 | Lemon Grove CA | 27,936 | $88K | 9.2% | 5.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Franklin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | B+ | B− | 26 min | $82,608 |
| Needham Township | under 1% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $92,171 |
| Pleasant Township | under 1% | A− | B− | 25 min | $84,437 |
| Union Township | under 1% | A | D | 29 min | $108,889 |
| Nineveh Township | under 1% | A− | D | 31 min | $91,477 |
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?
$82,608 (±$6,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
9.5%, 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. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (31%, 20 mi), Franklin (22%, 2 mi), Greenwood (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.