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A town of 1,805, settled in 1838. 85% more nonprofits per person than the typical Texas town.
Trash day: look up yoursFranklin’s best subject grades are an A for schools and civic life; its weakest is a D for incomes. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Franklin, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On hazard risk, just 72 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better. On civic life, just 17 of Texas’ 791 towns do better. Franklin has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Robertson County Courthouse and Jail and Franklin Carnegie Library. Franklin has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Franklin beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Roland Reynolds El | PK–4 | 586 |
| Franklin Middle | 5–8 | 428 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Franklin is from typical.
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Census counts: 311 in 1880, 1,614 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1914 and 4 maps from 1927 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Franklin, 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.
Its public schools are run by Franklin ISD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Reynolds ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 586 | A |
| Franklin MiddleTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 428 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 2.2 per 1,000 residents, Franklin’s property crime rate is where Texas’ towns sit at 10.7 and U.S. towns at 9.9.
| Franklin | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Franklin home is worth about $371,000, up 0.8% in a year, 25% above the Texas typical home. 45% of households own their home in Franklin.
| Franklin | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 45% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $889 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Franklin has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Franklin is 94°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 14% work in town. Jobs based in Franklin grew to 676 in 2023, 272 more than in 2013. Franklin’s median household income is $54,000.
| Franklin | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Franklin beats the Texas average on 8 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 13% of Franklin adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Franklin | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 74% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 20% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Franklin | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.7% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.1% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Franklin; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Franklin residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
2 places in Franklin on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Franklin.
City in Texas, United States
Franklin is a city in, and the county seat of, Robertson County, Texas, United States. It is within the Brazos Valley, on the cusp of the East and Central Texas regions. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,614. The original name of the town was Morgan and it was made county seat in 1879.
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85% more nonprofits per person than the typical Texas town.
That is 6.2 years of the area's median household income ($60,087 across the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
3 notable people were born here, including Johnny Perkins and Joseph L. Reid.
