Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Franklin Township has higher household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
Only 7% stay in Franklin Township for work; outside it, Raritan Township is the main destination (7%, 2 miles). Below the poverty line: 1.5% of residents; New Jersey has 9.7%. Jobs and income earn Franklin Township A+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Franklin Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #40 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment 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 A to A+.
Who commutes out of Franklin Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,436 residents head out to work, 115 work right here, and 687 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.52 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Franklin Township’s working residents head each day
Where Franklin Township clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Inside Franklin Township’s 802 jobs
802 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 720 → 802. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, about the NJ average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 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 1,477 commuters (the 16% 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.
The distance from Franklin Township to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Franklin Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #381 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,759 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.5% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Franklin Township places 130th of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Oregon WI | 2,994 | $151K | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 129 | Pennington NJ | 2,889 | $193K | 4.8% | 2.4% | 9% | A+ |
| 130 | Franklin Township NJ | 3,288 | $161K | 1.5% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 131 | Sherman Township KS | 2,920 | $127K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 132 | Omro WI | 2,409 | $121K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
The towns next door employ 12% of Franklin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | A+ | B | 31 min | $161,169 |
| Clinton Township | 3% | A | B | 37 min | $167,109 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 38 min | $137,568 |
| Raritan Township | 7% | A | B− | 34 min | $165,174 |
| Alexandria Township | 2% | B | D | 44 min | $160,354 |
| Clinton | under 2% | A+ | A | 29 min | $141,146 |
| Kingwood Township | under 2% | A | B | 29 min | $135,129 |
| Delaware Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 33 min | $194,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Raritan Township. 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 2024, 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?
$161,169 (±$21,042) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
1.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (7%, 2 mi), Flemington (4%, 6 mi), New York City (3%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 2024, 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.