Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Franklin Township trail those of 64% of U.S. towns
20.8% of residents are in poverty, against 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Franklin Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D). Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Franklin Township, in brief
Franklin Township makes and builds things
85% 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 19%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Franklin Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
78% of the jobs based in Franklin Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 46% of the jobs Franklin Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Franklin Township. The jobs ↓
Franklin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 324 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Franklin Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Franklin Township’s grade up ($66,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (12.9%) is left out: Franklin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Franklin Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Goods jobs make up 85% of work in Franklin Township
361 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 293 → 361. 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 38 minutes each way for Franklin Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 467 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Franklin Township by day and by night
On a workday 315 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in West Union
Where Franklin Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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 distance from Franklin Township to work
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
In Franklin Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 490 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.1% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Franklin Township comes 2,678th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,676 | Munford AL | 1,371 | $42K | 19.8% | 7.9% | 2% | D |
| 2,677 | Harrisville Township MI | 1,355 | $54K | 13.9% | 4.3% | 5% | D |
| 2,678 | Franklin Township OH | 1,051 | $66K | 20.8% | 12.9% | 3% | D |
| 2,679 | Laona WI | 1,238 | $63K | 18.9% | 1.8% | 9% | D |
| 2,680 | Susquehanna Depot PA | 1,336 | $55K | 24.2% | 11.1% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Ohio.
The towns around Franklin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | D | D | 38 min | $66,250 |
| Sunfish Township | under 3% | D | D− | 50 min | $56,653 |
| Bratton Township | under 3% | C | D− | 39 min | $53,043 |
| Mifflin Township | under 3% | — | B | 47 min | — |
| Meigs Township | 5% | D− | C− | 30 min | $59,792 |
| Rarden Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 48 min | $36,786 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Meigs 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?
$66,250 (±$23,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
20.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Union (11%, 17 mi), Peebles (8%, 5 mi), Meigs Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.