Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Franklin Township grades C overall, ranked 353rd of 466 in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, its public schools trail 77% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. Only 25 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on walkability. 17% of the land in Franklin Township is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Scotland Run Park, at 339 acres.
Where Franklin Township beats most towns.
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 New Jersey), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,137 in 1820, a low of 1,137 in 1820, 16,380 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
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 carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding), is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 94% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $219 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Franklin Township’s FEMA risk score is 14 of 100, against 52 of 100 in New Jersey’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. Since 1980, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Franklin Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Delsea Regional High School District. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Delsea Regional High School, with 1,048 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary F. Janvier SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 579 | – |
| Delsea Regional High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,048 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 9% work in town. 6.5% of workers work from home in Franklin Township. Since 2013, Franklin Township has added 183 jobs, to 3,369 in 2023.
| Franklin Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.5% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.9% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
5.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Franklin Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Scotland Run Park | 0.9 mi | 339 |
| 2. Ashley Drive Park | 0.5 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 13.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 55% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 222 to 131 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 84% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 7,110 U.S. towns with household incomes like Franklin Township’s, it is less healthy than 75%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Franklin Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 41% of Franklin Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Franklin Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 14.5% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.3% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw24 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw25 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryPine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
4 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 6 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
Franklin Township is a township in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 16,380, a decrease of 440 (−2.6%) from the 2010 census count of 16,820, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,354 (+8.8%) from the 15,466 counted in the 2000 census. Franklin Township was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 27, 1820, from portions of Greenwich Township and Woolwich Township. Parts of the township have been taken to form Clayton Township (February 5, 1858) and Newfield (March 8, 1924). The township was named for Benjamin Franklin.
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6 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | #353 | C | C− | B | C− | B |
| Newfield | — | — | C− | — | — | A− |
| Monroe Township | #281 | B− | C− | B | C+ | B+ |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | #215 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Clayton | #255 | B | C | B+ | C− | B |
| Pittsgrove Township | #381 | C− | C | — | C | B |
| Elk Township | #194 | B+ | B− | A− | C | A− |
Newfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Newfield, Upper Pittsgrove Township and Pittsgrove Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Franklin Township grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #353 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B for health, B for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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