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Good value, with catches elsewhere. Where it falls short is incomes (D) — the median household income is $64K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. Its strongest is cost of living: a typical home costs about $99K, 1.7 years of the Olean area’s $60K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, ranking 461st of 745 in New York. On that grade it does better than 41% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Boyce Hill State Forest, 969 acres with 2.2 miles of trail. Franklinville’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 95% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
Where Franklinville beats most towns.
Park Square Historic District| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Franklinville Elementary School | PK–5 | 279 |
| Franklinville Junior-Senior High School | 6–12 | 318 |
Where Franklinville’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 York), ordered by how far Franklinville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,453 in 1820, a low of 903 in 1830, 2,811 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 3 maps from 1924 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Franklinville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Franklinville.
Franklinville gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
The top destinations are Ellicottville (6%), Olean (6%) and Little Valley (6%). Most working residents leave Franklinville for work: only 13% work in town. Employers in Franklinville added 66 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 501. The median commute is under 18 miles.
| Franklinville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The largest public high school is Franklinville Junior-Senior High School, with 318 students. Public schools: the Franklinville Central School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklinville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 279 | B− |
| Franklinville Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 318 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $793 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 88% of Franklinville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. For Franklinville, the risk rating from FEMA is 76 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid locally since 2011.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Franklinville weather station records that 109 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. The Franklinville weather station records that about 1 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns.
The July high in Franklinville is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Franklinville, 16% of adults worry about having enough food. This New York town beats the New York average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 17% of adults in Franklinville smoke cigarettes; 39% have high blood pressure.
| Franklinville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Franklinville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.4% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walkers can cover 5.7 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Franklinville’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 3, covering 1,543 acres.
| Franklinville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Boyce Hill State Forest | 2.2 mi | 969 |
| 2. Bryant Hill State Forest | — | 507 |
| 3. Golden Hill State Forest | — | 67 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklinville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark Stadium
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaRalph Wilson Stadium
30 mi WaterfallEternal Flame Falls
35 mi State parkLetchworth State Park
38 mi State parkKinzua Bridge State Park10 mi Ski areaHoliday Valley79 runs · 790 ft verticalHighmark Stadium: James161723, CC0 · Ralph Wilson Stadium: User Evilarry on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Eternal Flame Falls: Mpmajewski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Letchworth State Park: Suandsoe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kinzua Bridge State Park: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0
None within 15 miles of Franklinville; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Franklinville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Franklinville on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Franklinville.
Town in New York, United States
Franklinville is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 2,811 at the 2020 census. Franklinville is an interior town, located in the northeast quadrant of the county. Franklinville is also the name of a village in the town.
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4 towns share a border with Franklinville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklinville | #461 | C+ | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Machias | — | — | B | — | B | C− |
| Ellicottville | — | — | C | — | C+ | B |
| Humphrey | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndon | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Machias and Ellicottville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklinville, Machias and Ellicottville report no FBI crime data of their own. Humphrey and Lyndon aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Franklinville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Franklinville grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #461 of 745 in New York. It grades C+ for health and B+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
3 notable people were born here, including William E. Mason and Wade Morton.
