Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Trash & recyclingFranklin Township grades B− overall, 271st of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is healthier than 87% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $133K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 70% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $428K, 5.1 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. 25% of the land in Franklin Township is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Asbury Historic District and John Richey House.
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: 1,348 in 1840, a low of 1,213 in 1930, 2,968 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 5 maps from 1890 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi GardenDrew University
27 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
23 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
34 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
8 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
25 mi Park & preserveDuke FarmsDrew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Duke Farms: Ekem, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also trails Greenwich Township and its other neighbors on schools.
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 51% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is no health insurance: 7% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.3% statewide.
18% of Franklin Township adults have been diagnosed with depression, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 23%. Franklin Township beats the New Jersey average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 30% of Franklin Township adults have obesity.
| Franklin Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 19% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.1% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Each of its 3 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C, Greenwich Township highest at B+.
Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Warren County Vocational Technical School, with 413 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 251 | B |
| Warren County Vocational Technical SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 413 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
5.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Franklin Township is 0.2 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Bread Lock Park, at 25 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bread Lock Park | 0.4 mi | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 3% work in town. Franklin Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes. Since 2013, Franklin Township has added 52 jobs, to 703 in 2023.
| Franklin Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. 36% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Franklin Township. Franklin Township has grown 2% since 2020, to 3,049 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Franklin Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.3 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Franklin Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.9% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.7% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.6% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.6% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.1% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.1% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Franklin Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
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.
2 places in Franklin Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Warren County, New Jersey, US
Franklin Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 2,968, a decrease of 208 (−6.5%) from the 2010 census count of 3,176, which in turn reflected an increase of 408 (+14.7%) from the 2,768 counted in the 2000 census. Franklin was incorporated as a township by the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1839, from portions of Greenwich Township, Mansfield Township, and Oxford Township. The township is named for Benjamin Franklin.
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6 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
Greenwich Township next door grades higher for schools (B+ to Franklin Township’s C) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | #271 | B− | C | — | C | A |
| Bethlehem Township | #207 | B+ | C− | — | B | A |
| Asbury | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bloomsbury | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harmony Township | #408 | C− | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Greenwich Township | #286 | B− | D | C+ | B+ | A |
Franklin Township, Bethlehem Township and Harmony Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Asbury, Bloomsbury and Washington Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Franklin Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #271 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health and C for schools.
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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