Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Frankton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 47% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 60% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Frankton; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (17%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Frankton, in brief
Frankton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Frankton is Indianapolis, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (132) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Frankton pay little
34% of the jobs based in Frankton pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Frankton
58% of Frankton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Frankton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 773 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Frankton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Frankton is better than 47% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Frankton’s grade.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Frankton’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, Frankton could be anywhere from C to B.
Half of Frankton commutes less than 20 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 309 jobs in Frankton are
309 jobs are based in Frankton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frankton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frankton, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 309. 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.
Frankton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 726 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Frankton on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.40 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.
17% of working residents work in Indianapolis
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Frankton clocks in
17% of workers
14% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frankton workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 806 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Frankton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frankton is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Frankton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 843 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). 1.1% of Frankton households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frankton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Frankton is 2,386th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Frankton, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,384 | Parklawn CA | 1,478 | $61K | 12.7% | 6.5% | 0% | B− |
| 2,385 | Arnold CA | 2,482 | $92K | 4.2% | 5.4% | 7% | B− |
| 2,386 | Frankton IN | 1,827 | $69K | 9.2% | 3.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,387 | Wapello IA | 1,979 | $73K | 6.4% | 3.5% | 16% | B− |
| 2,388 | Nicoma Park OK | 2,294 | $62K | 17.8% | 3.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
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 Frankton: questions
What is the median household income in Frankton?
$68,611 (±$11,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frankton?
9.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frankton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frankton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (17%, 36 mi), Anderson (14%, 10 mi), Elwood (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frankton walkable?
Frankton is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frankton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frankton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frankton
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.