Franklin Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Franklin Township; the top destination outside it is Richmond (40%, 9 miles). Franklin Township has 53 jobs for 553 working residents. The two grades for Franklin Township are B 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
Work in Franklin Township, in a few figures
Franklin Township is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Franklin Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin Township has about 830 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Franklin Township works in Richmond
222 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Richmond, 8.6 miles away. That’s far more as work in Franklin Township itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 553 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Franklin Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Franklin Township’s grade up ($95,093, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Franklin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Franklin Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Franklin Township
On a workday 551 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Franklin Township ends
Where Franklin Township clocks in
7% of workers
2% 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.
42% of the jobs in Franklin Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 53. 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.
Getting to work from Franklin Township takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 531 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Franklin Township goes to work
About 27% 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.
Franklin Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 580 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). 11.3% 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.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Franklin Township comes 1,344th 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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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,342 | Moweaqua IL | 1,735 | $70K | 3.4% | 2.9% | 9% | B |
| 1,343 | Bangor WI | 1,564 | $81K | 8.6% | 2.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,344 | Franklin Township IN | 1,326 | $95K | 7.6% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,345 | West Stockbridge MA | 1,319 | $107K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,346 | Charlestown Township OH | 1,772 | $62K | 10.5% | 2.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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.
Franklin Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wayne Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | B | C | 28 min | $95,093 |
| Wayne Township | 2% | C− | A− | 20 min | $47,930 |
| New Garden Township | under 2% | B | B− | 22 min | $73,714 |
| Greensfork Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 32 min | $78,592 |
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?
$95,093 (±$36,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
7.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (40%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 69 mi), Muncie (2%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 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 11% 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.