Franklin TownshipIN
A town of 1,091.
Is Franklin Township a good place to live?
Franklin Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for incomes. On incomes, just 97 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Franklin Township stand out
Where Franklin Township beats most towns.
1,091 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Franklin Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
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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.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Franklin Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Franklin Township’s public schools outperform 71% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Tippecanoe Valley High School, with 568 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe Valley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 432 | B− |
| Tippecanoe Valley High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 568 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Franklin Township is less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns
Franklin Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Franklin Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. 40% of Franklin Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.4% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Franklin Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 3% work in town. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Franklin Township, above both Indiana’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Franklin Township has lost 218 jobs, to 266 in 2023.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Indiana overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (37% statewide). 21% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 85% are men (IN 51%).
| Franklin Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 23.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 42.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 6.4% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
In Franklin Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Franklin Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 0.7% of Franklin Township
1.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mentzer Memorial Park | — | 8 |
| 2. Beaver Dam Memorial Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Franklin Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 2 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
97% of working residents leave 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 seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,121 (a tiny decline of 1,127 from 2010) and it contained 436 housing units. Franklin Township was organized in 1838.
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- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 886 ft
Questions about Franklin Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.