Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainHousehold incomes in Franklin Township trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Franklin Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). The poverty rate is 8.8%; Ohio has 13.3%. Only 5% work in Franklin Township itself; outside it, Coshocton draws the most (25%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Franklin Township: the figures worth knowing
Franklin Township makes and builds things
86% 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 34%. The jobs ↓
Franklin Township and Coshocton trade workers both ways
Coshocton is the top workplace for Franklin Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Franklin Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Franklin Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
88% of the jobs based in Franklin Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Franklin Township residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Franklin Township. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Franklin Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Franklin Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($47,115, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Franklin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Franklin Township could be anywhere from D to B.
A place that makes things: 86% of Franklin Township’s jobs are in goods
566 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 907 → 566. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Franklin Township work
Where Franklin Township clocks in
25% of workers
5% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 543 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 (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 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 343 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Franklin Township
About 24% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Franklin Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 373 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). 1.3% 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.
2,801st of 4,312: where Franklin Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Coldstream OH | 1,540 | $232K | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,799 | Britton SD | 1,199 | $63K | 9.0% | 0.0% | 25% | C− |
| 2,800 | Marrowbone Township IL | 1,562 | $48K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 5% | C− |
| 2,801 | Franklin Township OH | 1,175 | $47K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 5% | C− |
| 2,802 | Greene Township PA | 1,032 | $75K | 20.6% | 3.3% | 4% | C− |
| 2,803 | Pigeon WI | 1,031 | $70K | 16.3% | 0.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Franklin Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Tuscarawas Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | C− | D− | 27 min | $47,115 |
| Virginia Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Linton Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Tuscarawas Township | 6% | D− | C− | 30 min | $29,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Virginia Township, Linton Township and Adams Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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 2023, 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?
$47,115 (±$30,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
8.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coshocton (25%, 5 mi), Tuscarawas Township (6%, 6 mi), Columbus (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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), 2023, 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.