Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,653.
Franklin Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $226K, 3.3 years of the county’s $68K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 761st among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. 14% of residents are under 18 in Franklin Township, below both the Pennsylvania town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Franklin Township has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Bridge in Franklin Township and Greene Hills Farm.
Where Franklin Township beats most towns.
Where Franklin Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Franklin Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 7,694 in 2000, 7,067 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and a map from 1901 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Franklin Township.
Franklin Township draws workers from Waynesburg and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
4,087 jobs are based in Franklin Township, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
The share of residents in Franklin Township who live below the poverty line: 13%. Most working residents leave Franklin Township for work: only 18% work in town. Employers in Franklin Township shed 852 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 4,087. The top destinations are Waynesburg (8%), Morgantown (6%) and Pittsburgh (5%).
| Franklin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The largest public high school is Waynesburg Central JSHS, with 661 students. Public schools: Central Greene SD. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesburg Central El SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 761 | C |
| Waynesburg Central JSHSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 661 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
426 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 65 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1978, 426 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Franklin Township. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 72% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 77% come from inland flooding and 6% from tornadoes. One declared disaster, in 2004, has brought federal aid to Franklin Township households.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical July afternoon high for Franklin Township comes to 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,386 U.S. towns with household incomes like Franklin Township’s, it is healthier than 79%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Franklin Township, 11% have diabetes. For adults in the town, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 39%.
| Franklin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Franklin Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails total 7.1 miles in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Greene County Fairground Park, at 32 acres. For Franklin Township, the density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Franklin Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greene County Fairground Park | 0.1 mi | 32 |
| 2. Meadowlark Park | — | 32 |
| 3. Lions Club Community Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Franklin Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi MuseumFallingwater
39 mi Theme parkKennywood
20 mi Stadium & arenaMountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
33 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
29 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a year
40 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark StadiumFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Highmark Stadium: Nobo71, CC BY 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Franklin Township
About 2 of every 100 Franklin Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
4 places in Franklin Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Franklin Township is a township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,067 at the 2020 census, down from 7,280 at the 2010 census.
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7 towns share a border with Franklin Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | #761 | C+ | B | — | C+ | B |
| Whiteley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Center Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | A | — | C | B |
| Morgan Township | — | — | A | — | C | B− |
| Wayne Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Morris Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Center Township, Jefferson Township, Morgan Township and Wayne Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Franklin Township, Center Township, Jefferson Township, Morgan Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Whiteley Township, Washington Township and Morris Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Franklin Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Franklin Township grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #761 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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