Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Franklin Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Franklin Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). Franklin Township has 218 jobs, and 806 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Franklin Township itself; outside it, Wilkes-Barre draws the most (9%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Franklin Township: the figures worth knowing
Franklin Township is a place people come home to
There are 218 jobs based in Franklin Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin Township has about 1,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Franklin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 29 minutes). 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 806 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Franklin Township’s grade
Household income holds Franklin Township’s grade up ($85,824, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Franklin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Franklin Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Franklin Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 770 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes to work from Franklin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 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 736 commuters (the 11% 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.
The places Franklin Township commutes to
Where Franklin Township clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
40% of the jobs in Franklin Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 131 → 218. 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 commute from Franklin Township, by distance
About 18% 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.
Driving is how Franklin Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 825 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). 0.4% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Franklin Township is 2,154th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 38 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,152 | Clarksburg MA | 1,625 | $77K | 4.0% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 2,153 | Warriors Mark Township PA | 1,851 | $87K | 8.5% | 2.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,154 | Franklin Township PA | 1,766 | $86K | 12.1% | 7.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,155 | Greenback TN | 1,251 | $73K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,156 | Palermo ME | 1,636 | $89K | 4.8% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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.
Next door to Franklin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | B− | C− | 32 min | $85,824 |
| Dallas Township | 4% | B | B+ | 29 min | $101,293 |
| Kingston Township | 2% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $76,574 |
| Exeter Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $82,621 |
| Northmoreland Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $82,344 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dallas 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 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?
$85,824 (±$4,296) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
12.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilkes-Barre (9%, 10 mi), Plains Township (8%, 9 mi), Kingston (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 2% 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. 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.