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Franklin Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $218K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B− overall, 554th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. Only 140 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Daniel L. Deardoff House is on the National Register of Historic Places. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Franklin Township, above both the Ohio town median (9.1%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
Where Franklin Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 202 in 1810, 11,690 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and 5 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
20 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
33 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
33 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
31 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
30 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
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.
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Township.
11 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Hazel Woods Park, at 81 acres.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hunter Park | 1.1 mi | 44 |
| 2. Twin Creek MetroPark | 1 mi | 27 |
| 3. Hazel Woods Park | — | 81 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Franklin City school district. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Intermediate SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 632 | – |
| Franklin High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 676 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Franklin Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (9%), Cincinnati (7%) and Franklin (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin Township tracks Ohio closely on all 32 CDC measures. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Franklin Township.
| Franklin Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $319 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Franklin Township’s FEMA risk score is 54 of 100. Since 1990, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Franklin Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 3 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
City in Ohio, United States
Franklin is a city in Warren County, Ohio, United States, along the Great Miami River. The population was 11,690 at the 2020 census. The city lies about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Dayton and 33.5 miles (53.9 km) northeast of Cincinnati. Ohio State Routes 73, 123 and 741 pass through Franklin, while Interstate 75 is routed to the east side of the city.
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7 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | #554 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Clear Creek Township | #69 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Springboro | #30 | A+ | C+ | A− | A | A |
| Franklin | #714 | C+ | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Middletown | #868 | C− | B+ | — | C | D |
| Turtlecreek Township | #633 | B− | D | — | A− | B− |
| Miami Township | #775 | C | C | C | B− | B |
| Madison Township | #780 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
Franklin Township, Clear Creek Township, Franklin, Middletown, Turtlecreek Township and Madison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Franklin Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #554 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C+ for health and B+ for schools.
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 B+.
