Unemployment in Franklin Township (0.8%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Franklin Township is behind 87% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Franklin Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Franklin Township at work: what stands out
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Franklin Township
Unemployment holds Franklin Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($51,167, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
Goods, not services: 57% of the jobs in Franklin Township
657 jobs are based in Franklin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Township, 2014 → 2024: 542 → 657. 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.
Who works in Franklin Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 836 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 616 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Franklin Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.75 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 2024, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Middleburg
Where Franklin Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
The trip to work from Franklin Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 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 941 commuters (the 5% 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
About 16% 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.
Franklin Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 993 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). 4.2% 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.
Franklin Township is 2,834th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 25 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,832 | Assyria Township MI | 2,048 | $78K | 12.0% | 12.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,833 | East Penn Township PA | 2,812 | $70K | 10.1% | 6.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,834 | Franklin Township PA | 2,222 | $51K | 15.2% | 0.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,835 | Cannon AFB NM | 2,405 | $63K | 8.5% | 18.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,836 | Beacon Hill WA | 1,804 | $87K | 15.5% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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.
How Franklin Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Center Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | – | C+ | B− | 23 min | $51,167 |
| Center Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 20 min | $70,298 |
| Middlecreek Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $62,344 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $74,519 |
| West Perry Township | under 3% | C | B− | 31 min | $61,528 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 23 min | $65,236 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$51,167 (±$9,550) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Township?
15.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middleburg (9%, 2 mi), Penn Township (7%, 9 mi), Mifflinburg (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Township walkable?
Franklin Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.