Franklin TownshipOH
A town of 1,739. 2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is Franklin Township a good place to live?
Franklin Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a D for health. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Franklin Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Only 166 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Only 89 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Franklin Township stand out
Where Franklin Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| Widest gap | Franklin Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 8% |
99% of working residents leave Franklin Township for work
Where Franklin Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Franklin Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Franklin Township: who provides what
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 Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Township.
Residents of Franklin Township are less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns
Franklin Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 36% of Franklin Township adults get no exercise outside work, above both Ohio’s towns (28%) and U.S. towns (25%). 21% of adults smoke cigarettes in Franklin Township.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 20.7% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Franklin Township stands out in Ohio and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
0.6% of Franklin Township working residents work locally. The top destinations are Georgetown (7%), Cincinnati (7%) and Mount Orab (6%). The average trip to work in Franklin Township is 31 minutes.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of residents are under 18 in Franklin Township than in most of Ohio or the rest of the country
Franklin Township’s median age is 59.4 years. People 65 and older are 32% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 12% of residents (22% statewide). 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59.4 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 12% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.4 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Franklin Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 2.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 30% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 22.7% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.8% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
In Franklin Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Franklin Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Franklin Township since 2002.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Franklin Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Franklin Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Franklin Township
Township in Ohio, US
Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,666 people in the township.
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- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 978 ft
Franklin Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | D |
| Scott Township | — | — | A | — | B | D |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Pleasant Township | #656 | C+ | A | — | B+ | D− |
| Washington Township | — | — | A | — | B | D |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | A | — | B | D |
| Lake Waynoka | — | — | A | — | B | C |
Franklin Township, Scott Township, Jackson Township, Washington Township, Jefferson Township and Lake Waynoka have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, Scott Township, Jackson Township, Pleasant Township, Washington Township, Jefferson Township and Lake Waynoka report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Franklin Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Franklin Township, OH a good place to live?
2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
Is Franklin Township, OH expensive?
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 A.