Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Franklin Township earn less than those in 61% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 13.3% of residents, next to 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Franklin Township are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 6% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Franklin Township in brief
Franklin Township is where the jobs are
Franklin Township has 3,994 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Franklin Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Waynesburg, gets only 8% of working residents, and 52% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Franklin Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Franklin Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #825 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Franklin Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
How a workday changes Franklin Township
On a workday 1,934 residents head out to work, 427 work right here, and 3,567 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Franklin Township: where workers come from
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.
What work there is in Franklin Township: 3,994 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 5,098 → 3,994. 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.
The daily trip from Franklin Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 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 2,060 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far it is to work from Franklin Township
About 17% 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.
In Franklin Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #615 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,191 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Franklin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Franklin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Franklin Township is 2,252nd of 3,201 U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,250 | Dexter MO | 7,851 | $52K | 17.0% | 1.4% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,251 | Bedford VA | 7,911 | $70K | 12.2% | 5.1% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,252 | Franklin Township PA | 6,653 | $68K | 13.3% | 4.1% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,253 | Ross Township PA | 5,519 | $64K | 7.3% | 7.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,254 | Hilmar-Irwin CA | 6,132 | $80K | 12.8% | 10.3% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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.
The towns around Franklin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | C+ | B− | 26 min | $68,482 |
| Whiteley Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Center Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 27 min | $67,500 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 30 min | $72,500 |
| Morgan Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $65,000 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 35 min | $79,375 |
| Morris Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whiteley Township, Washington Township and Morris Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$68,482 (±$10,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
13.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waynesburg (8%, 2 mi), Morgantown (6%, 21 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.