Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Franklin has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 58% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #89 of 126 in New Hampshire.
Walkability C: more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns · #86 of 126 in New Hampshire.
Household incomes here are lower than in 56% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (New Hampshire 27, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Franklin; the top destination outside it is Concord (16%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Franklin, in brief
Franklin makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Franklin are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Franklin residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Franklin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 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.
What’s behind Franklin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #89 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Franklin’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Franklin makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
2,368 jobs are based in Franklin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 2,562 → 2,368. 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of New Hampshire
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,951 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Franklin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,563 residents head out to work, 523 work right here, and 1,845 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Franklin on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
16% of working residents work in Concord
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Franklin clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Franklin commutes less than 17 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.
Most trips from Franklin start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #86 of 126 in New Hampshire. Both inputs place Franklin 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 4,307 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). 6.1% of Franklin households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Franklin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Franklin is 1,487th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Franklin, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Litchfield NH | 8,704 | $162K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,485 | Pembroke NH | 7,579 | $90K | 15.0% | 2.9% | 8% | B |
| 1,486 | Malibu CA | 9,574 | $194K | 12.6% | 6.7% | 9% | B |
| 1,487 | Franklin NH | 8,839 | $72K | 7.0% | 2.8% | 13% | B |
| 1,488 | Kaufman TX | 10,717 | $63K | 10.6% | 3.4% | 14% | B |
| 1,489 | Sugar Loaf Township IL | 6,601 | $73K | 6.2% | 8.1% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
15% of Franklin works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Tilton (9%). Darker towns draw more of Franklin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | – | B | C | 32 min | $71,648 |
| Northfield | 3% | B | D | 26 min | $92,917 |
| Sanbornton | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $113,750 |
| Salisbury | under 2% | B | C− | 32 min | $111,591 |
| Tilton | 9% | C+ | A− | 25 min | $66,667 |
| Andover | under 2% | B | C+ | 34 min | $88,514 |
| Tilton Northfield | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Boscawen | 3% | C | C | 28 min | $77,328 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tilton Northfield: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Franklin?
$71,648 (±$4,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin?
7.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (16%, 16 mi), Tilton (9%, 5 mi), Laconia (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin walkable?
Franklin is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Franklin, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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.