Franklin TownshipRipley County, IN
A town of 3,675.
Is Franklin Township a good place to live?
Franklin Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $204K, 2.9 years of the county’s $71K median household income. It grades A− overall, 179th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. 26% of residents are 65 or older in Franklin Township, against 18% in Indiana’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Franklin Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 86% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Daren Baker Memorial Park, at 39 acres.
92% 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
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 is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Franklin Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 8% work in town. The average trip to work in Franklin Township is 29 minutes. The top destinations are Batesville (11%), Milan (7%) and Lawrenceburg (5%).
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.1% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin Township’s public schools outperform 61% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by the Milan Community Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Milan High School, with 315 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 462 | B− |
| Milan High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 315 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). Franklin Township’s median age is 44.8 years. 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.8 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 74% are men (IN 49%).
| Franklin Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.3% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 42.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 6.4% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
Franklin Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 13 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 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Franklin Township is less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,219 U.S. towns with household incomes like Franklin Township’s, it is healthier than 61%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income. Within Indiana it is healthier than 66% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Franklin Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 39% of adults have high blood pressure in Franklin Township.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0% of Franklin Township
Just 0 of its 23,298 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Franklin Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Daren Baker Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Franklin Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Franklin Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Franklin Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Franklin Township is one of eleven townships in Ripley County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,628 (down from 3,773 at 2010) and it contained 1,574 housing units.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 994 ft
Franklin Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | #179 | A− | A | — | B | B− |
| Delaware Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Washington Township | — | — | B | — | B | C+ |
| Adams Township | #137 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B− |
| Manchester Township | #382 | B− | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | A− | B− |
| Pierceville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Delaware Township, Washington Township and Jackson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, Delaware Township, Washington Township, Adams Township, Manchester Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Pierceville 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?
By most measures, yes. Franklin Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #179 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B for schools.
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.