Harris-Chilton-Ruble House · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of New Franklin works elsewhere
Measured by household income, New Franklin is behind 81% of U.S. towns. Employers in New Franklin report 150 jobs for 456 working residents. The two grades for New Franklin are C− 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
The work figures that set New Franklin apart
One in three of New Franklin works in Columbia
151 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Columbia, 23 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in New Franklin itself. The commute map ↓
New Franklin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind New Franklin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, New Franklin is better than 16% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides New Franklin’s grade.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: New Franklin’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, New Franklin could be anywhere from D to C.
33% of working residents work in Columbia
Where New Franklin clocks in
33% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
About 31 minutes to work from New Franklin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Franklin workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 442 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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 commutes out of New Franklin, and who commutes in
On a workday 431 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in New Franklin 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 2023, primary jobs.
What New Franklin’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 150. 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 New Franklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
New Franklin’s commute, mile by mile
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
New Franklin is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Franklin is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 503 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). 8.5% of New Franklin households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Franklin’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,278th of 3,133: where New Franklin ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bel-Nor MO | 1,351 | $111K | 5.8% | 8.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,276 | Penn Township PA | 1,165 | $59K | 15.6% | 1.8% | 1% | C− |
| 2,277 | Castlewood VA | 1,357 | $61K | 10.9% | 1.3% | 3% | C− |
| 2,278 | New Franklin MO | 1,026 | $55K | 16.0% | 2.5% | 5% | C− |
| 2,279 | Luttrell TN | 1,118 | $42K | 22.0% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,280 | Oxford IN | 1,183 | $52K | 13.9% | 6.5% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 New Franklin, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to New Franklin
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Franklin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Franklin | – | C− | C | 31 min | $55,066 |
| Franklin | under 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Franklin’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 New Franklin: questions
What is the median household income in New Franklin?
$55,066 (±$9,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Franklin?
16.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Franklin?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Franklin work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (33%, 23 mi), Boonville (12%, 4 mi), Fayette (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Franklin walkable?
New Franklin is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Franklin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Franklin, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Franklin
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.