Franklin TownshipOH
A town of 2,306.
Is Franklin Township a good place to live?
Franklin Township’s best subject grades are an A− for civic life and a B+ for schools; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 36% of residents live below the poverty line in Franklin Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 26 of Ohio’s 1,707 towns score lower on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. 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
98% 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.
Health in Franklin Township trails 91% of U.S. towns
Franklin Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 44% of Franklin Township adults have obesity, where Ohio’s towns sit at 38% and U.S. towns at 35%. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Franklin Township.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 15.4% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 33% | 26.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Franklin Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Franklin Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Franklin Township is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Franklin Township has added 139 jobs, to 417 in 2023.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 23° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 0.8% of Franklin Township
3.8 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Franklin Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 0 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 twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, 2,290 people lived in the township.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 751 ft
Franklin Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Jackson | #763 | C+ | B+ | C− | B+ | D |
| Scioto Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | D |
| Lick Township | #853 | C | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Bloomfield Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | D |
| Jefferson Township | #665 | C+ | A− | — | B | D |
| Madison Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
Franklin Township, Scioto Township, Bloomfield Township and Madison Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, Scioto Township, Lick Township, Bloomfield Township, Jefferson Township and Madison Township 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 expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.