Franklin Township’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 2% of workers; Indiana has 11%. 21.7% of residents are in poverty; Indiana has 12.3%. The two grades for Franklin Township are D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Franklin Township apart
Income, poverty and work: Franklin Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Franklin Township is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Franklin Township’s grade up (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($39,097, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.6%) 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 D− to C−.
Who works in Franklin Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
14% of working residents work in Muncie
Where Franklin Township clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Franklin Township makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
86 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 86. 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Franklin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 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 429 commuters (the 2% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Franklin Township
About 28% 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.
Most trips from Franklin Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 440 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). 14.5% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Franklin Township ranks 3,390th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,388 | Wagner SD | 1,422 | $47K | 15.7% | 8.0% | 43% | D |
| 3,389 | Emory TX | 1,413 | $37K | 29.1% | 3.1% | 6% | D |
| 3,390 | Franklin Township IN | 1,119 | $39K | 21.7% | 2.6% | 2% | D |
| 3,391 | Stearns KY | 1,271 | $56K | 33.2% | 7.3% | 9% | D |
| 3,392 | St. Francis KS | 1,265 | $50K | 15.4% | 3.3% | 40% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
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 | – | D | C | 24 min | $39,097 |
| Ward Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 19 min | $72,841 |
| Green Township | under 2% | C | B− | 34 min | $86,719 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Monroe Township | 2% | C | C | 29 min | $53,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township. 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?
$39,097 (±$4,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
21.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (14%, 19 mi), Winchester (10%, 8 mi), Portland (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% 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.