John W. and Erena Alexander Rogers Keeney Farm · Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Franklin Township works elsewhere
Franklin Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 186 jobs in Franklin Township for 1,088 working residents. Only 3% stay in Franklin Township for work; outside it, Adrian is the main destination (10%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Franklin Township
Franklin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (26 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Franklin Township is a place people come home to
There are 186 jobs based in Franklin Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin Township has about 2,100 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Inside Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #442 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Franklin Township’s grade up ($90,221, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The trip to work from Franklin Township: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,257 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Who leaves Franklin Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,059 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Franklin Township: the destinations
Where Franklin Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
56% 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, 2011 → 2021: 161 → 186. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Franklin Township, by distance
About 19% 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 2021.
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
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,411 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). 1.9% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Franklin Township is 2,596th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 142 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,594 | Ithaca MI | 2,807 | $63K | 16.8% | 1.3% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,595 | Bridgeton Township MI | 2,329 | $62K | 10.5% | 1.6% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,596 | Franklin Township MI | 3,047 | $90K | 7.3% | 6.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,597 | Benton NY | 3,014 | $75K | 19.4% | 0.9% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,598 | La Paloma TX | 2,797 | $60K | 24.8% | 1.5% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Michigan.
Around Franklin Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cambridge Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | C+ | D | 38 min | $90,221 |
| Cambridge Township | 4% | B | C− | 32 min | $77,218 |
| Manchester Township | under 3% | B | C | 32 min | $84,732 |
| Adrian Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $90,879 |
| Tecumseh Township | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $100,625 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | B− | B | 31 min | $76,954 |
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 2021, 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?
$90,221 (±$9,225) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
7.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (10%, 9 mi), Tecumseh (7%, 7 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 2021, 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.