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A town of 2,939, settled in 1858.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Franklin Township grades A− overall, ranked 130th of 271 in Minnesota. Its schools outperform 98% of the state's. The median household earns $112K and it is healthier than 86% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $638K for a typical one and 6.4 times the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. On civic life, just 32 of Minnesota’s 572 towns do worse. Franklin Township’s median rent is $1,721 a month, above both the Minnesota town median ($1,192 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On the outdoors, just 48 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse.
Where Franklin Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 2 maps from 1958 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
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.
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Township.
Franklin Township sends most of its workers to Delano and beyond, but it has little public open land.
20% of Franklin Township adults binge drink. Franklin Township beats the Minnesota average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 29% of Franklin Township adults feel lonely.
| Franklin Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 11.4% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 5.6% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Franklin Township has 325 jobs for its 1,561 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Franklin Township is 29 minutes. Jobs based in Franklin Township grew to 325 in 2023, 54 more than in 2013.
| Franklin Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $112,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 5° and about 45 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 26% of residents are under 18 in Franklin Township. Franklin Township has grown 2.5% since 2020, to 2,939 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Franklin Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 33% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 17% | 18% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.1 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Franklin Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.7% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.8% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.8% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.4% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.1% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.4% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,900, single groups can be off by several points
Just 118 of its 26,365 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Franklin Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woodland Wildlife Management Area | — | 18 |
| 2. Crow Springs County Park | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 5 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
Township in Minnesota, United States
Franklin Township is a rural township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The township population was 2,774 at the 2000 census.
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9 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
Rockford next door grades lower for schools (B+ to Franklin Township’s A+) and higher for cost of living (B+ to D).
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | #130 | A− | D | — | A+ | A |
| Rockford Township | #107 | A− | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Delano | #16 | A+ | B | — | A+ | A |
| Greenfield | #142 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Woodland Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Rockford | #46 | A | B+ | — | B+ | A |
| Independence | #61 | A | C− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Marysville Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | B+ |
Woodland Township and Marysville Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, Rockford Township, Delano, Greenfield, Woodland Township, Rockford, Independence and Marysville Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Franklin Township grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #130 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.