Franklin TownshipIN
A town of 2,473.
Is Franklin Township a good place to live?
The best of Franklin Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 98 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do worse. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 89% of the country. Only 6 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Franklin Township. The biggest place to walk is Clark State Forest, 1,356 acres with 3.4 miles of trail. Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% 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.
For health, Franklin Township earns a D
20% of Franklin Township adults smoke cigarettes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. 42% of Franklin Township adults have high blood pressure. Franklin Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 8.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.3% | 15.4% |
| More smokers | 20.4% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Franklin Township’s public schools outperform 56% of Indiana districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Salem Parochial School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 32 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Most of Franklin Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Franklin Township has added 39 jobs, to 52 in 2023. Franklin Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.4% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Franklin Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Franklin Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clark State Forest | 3.4 mi | 1,356 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Franklin Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Franklin Township since 1996.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Franklin Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Franklin Township; the nearest are
About 8 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 thirteen townships in Washington County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,442 and it contained 903 housing units.
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- Area
- 44 sq mi
- Elevation
- 860 ft
Franklin Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Polk Township | #287 | B | A | — | B | C |
| Washington Township | #554 | C− | A | — | C | D |
| Gibson Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Finley Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | D |
| Pierce Township | #498 | C | A | — | B | C− |
Franklin Township, Gibson Township and Finley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, Polk Township, Washington Township, Gibson Township, Finley Township and Pierce Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
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+.