Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMore people are out of work in Franklin Township (8.6%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Franklin Township grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 5% work in Franklin Township; the top destination outside it is Cranberry Township (8%, 9 miles). 3.1% of residents are in poverty (Pennsylvania 11.7%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Franklin Township apart on work
Franklin Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #607 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Franklin Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Goods jobs make up 45% of work in Franklin Township
1,033 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 862 → 1,033. 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.
The daily commute in and out of Franklin Township
On a workday 1,445 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 950 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Franklin Township’s working residents head each day
Where Franklin Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
How long Franklin Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
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 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,843 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Franklin Township
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.
The commute in Franklin Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #847 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,102 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). 1.4% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Franklin Township ranks: 1,804th of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,802 | Mount Pleasant PA | 4,108 | $52K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,803 | Elyria Township OH | 3,220 | $62K | 4.6% | 5.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,804 | Franklin Township PA | 3,864 | $83K | 3.1% | 8.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,805 | King George VA | 4,851 | $99K | 8.8% | 3.1% | 11% | B |
| 1,806 | Cashmere WA | 3,326 | $64K | 7.4% | 0.4% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pennsylvania.
Franklin Township and its neighbors: 13% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | B | C | 27 min | $82,917 |
| Marion Township | 4% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| North Sewickley Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $76,663 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 23 min | $86,576 |
| Hazen | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lancaster Township | under 2% | A | D | 25 min | $99,432 |
| Jackson Township | 5% | A | C+ | 26 min | $119,741 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hazen: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township. 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?
$82,917 (±$14,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
3.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cranberry Township (8%, 9 mi), Ellwood City (6%, 5 mi), Jackson Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 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. 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), 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.