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Franklin Township has 3,369 jobs, and 8,475 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Franklin Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Franklin Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Franklin Township apart on work
Where Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #312 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Franklin Township’s grade up ($110,197, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Franklin Township by day
On a workday 7,743 residents head out to work, 732 work right here, and 2,637 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
9% of working residents work in Vineland
Where Franklin Township clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Franklin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,186 → 3,369. 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 Franklin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Franklin Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,717 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Franklin Township commutes
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.
Driving is how Franklin Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #452 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Franklin Township 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 8,257 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Franklin Township ranks: 843rd of 1,888 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Hanover Township NJ | 15,105 | $157K | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | East Greenwich Township NJ | 12,610 | $149K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 841 | Shorewood WI | 13,474 | $87K | 14.3% | 3.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 842 | Little Egg Harbor Township NJ | 21,801 | $92K | 8.5% | 2.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 843 | Franklin Township NJ | 16,666 | $110K | 8.9% | 5.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 844 | Enumclaw WA | 13,172 | $121K | 7.5% | 3.7% | 17% | B+ |
| 845 | Kennebunk ME | 12,152 | $108K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 New Jersey.
Next door to Franklin Township
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | B+ | C | 29 min | $110,197 |
| Newfield | under 2% | A | B− | 28 min | $104,107 |
| Monroe Township | 3% | B | A− | 32 min | $96,980 |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | under 2% | B | A− | 24 min | $85,521 |
| Clayton | under 2% | B | A− | 32 min | $90,274 |
| Pittsgrove Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 28 min | $92,917 |
| Elk Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $141,382 |
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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Franklin Township?
$110,197 (±$11,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
8.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (9%, 9 mi), Philadelphia (6%, 29 mi), Washington Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.