Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Franklin Township has higher household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Franklin Township; the top destination outside it is Raritan Township (4%, 14 miles). 8.2% of residents are in poverty, next to 9.7% for New Jersey as a whole. The two grades for Franklin Township are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Franklin Township
Franklin Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Franklin Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Franklin Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Franklin Township pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Franklin Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #187 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($132,697, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate 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 B+ to A+.
Goods jobs make up 43% of work in Franklin Township
775 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 692 → 775. 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Franklin Township
On a workday 1,292 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 712 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.57 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 goes to work
Where Franklin Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Franklin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 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 1,298 commuters (the 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Franklin Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #420 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 1,666 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). 4.1% 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.
Franklin Township next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100: 585th of 4,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 30 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 33 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
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| 583 | Strawberry Plains TN | 2,669 | $75K | 3.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| 584 | Manchester PA | 2,821 | $77K | 7.2% | 0.1% | 3% | A |
| 585 | Franklin Township NJ | 3,049 | $133K | 8.2% | 1.9% | 5% | A |
| 586 | Owasco NY | 3,468 | $102K | 4.3% | 1.8% | 9% | A |
| 587 | Chuluota FL | 2,187 | $98K | 9.3% | 1.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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.
How Franklin Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | A | B− | 34 min | $132,697 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 35 min | $142,434 |
| Bloomsbury | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Washington Township | 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 30 min | $92,176 |
| Greenwich Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 42 min | $169,079 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bloomsbury: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washington Township: not graded. 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 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?
$132,697 (±$14,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
8.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (4%, 14 mi), Phillipsburg (3%, 7 mi), Bridgewater Township (3%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 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 4% 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.