Photo: Ibagli · Public domainAt 0.9%, unemployment in Franklin Township is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Franklin Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Franklin Township are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Franklin Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (22%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Franklin Township stands out on work
Franklin Township is a place people come home to
There are 48 jobs based in Franklin Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin Township has about 1,300 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Franklin Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Franklin Township is Columbus, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (215) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Franklin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 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 988 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Franklin Township by day and by night
On a workday 985 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How many miles Franklin Township commutes
About 15% 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.
Time on the road from Franklin Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 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 1,039 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where people from Franklin Township work
Where Franklin Township clocks in
22% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 63% of jobs based in Franklin Township
48 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 26 → 48. 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.
Most trips from Franklin Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Franklin Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,197 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% 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.
Franklin Township places 411th of 5,641 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 409 | Sangamon Township IL | 2,533 | $121K | 2.7% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| 410 | Gibbs Township ND | 2,856 | $156K | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1% | A |
| 411 | Franklin Township OH | 2,204 | $115K | 7.3% | 0.9% | <1% | A |
| 412 | Mission Canyon CA | 2,357 | $208K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| 413 | Vamo FL | 2,936 | $88K | 2.0% | 5.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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
The biggest share goes to Heath (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | A | D− | 31 min | $114,516 |
| Licking Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $92,048 |
| Bowling Green Township | under 2% | A | D− | 35 min | $111,683 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 33 min | $87,472 |
| Hopewell Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 33 min | $96,012 |
| Heath | 6% | B | B | 24 min | $71,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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?
$114,516 (±$27,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
7.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (22%, 34 mi), Newark (14%, 7 mi), Heath (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 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 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.