Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Franklin Farm are among the highest of any U.S. town
Poverty touches 1.5% of residents, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The two grades for Franklin Farm are A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Franklin Farm apart
A lot of Franklin Farm works from home
39% of Franklin Farm workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Franklin Farm is a place people come home to
There are 1,935 jobs based in Franklin Farm, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Franklin Farm has about 12,000 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Franklin Farm
79% of Franklin Farm residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 57% of the jobs based in Franklin Farm pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Franklin Farm
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Franklin Farm is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #27 of 253 in Virginia. Household income is its strongest input ($215,544, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Franklin Farm could be anywhere from A to A+.
Getting to work from Franklin Farm takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Farm workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,332 commuters (the 39% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Franklin Farm on a workday afternoon
On a workday 8,866 residents head out to work, 249 work right here, and 1,686 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Franklin Farm on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.21 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.
What Franklin Farm’s employers do
1,935 jobs are based in Franklin Farm.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Farm, 2014 → 2024: 1,857 → 1,935. 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 Farm’s own residents hold wherever they work.
9% of working residents work in Reston
Where Franklin Farm clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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 distance from Franklin Farm to work
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 Farm is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Franklin Farm is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #61 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Franklin Farm near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,374 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 50% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Franklin Farm households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Franklin Farm’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Franklin Farm is 46th of 1,915 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Rose Hill VA | 21,066 | $175K | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| 45 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| 46 | Franklin Farm VA | 18,736 | $216K | 1.5% | 3.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 47 | Manhattan Township IL | 13,099 | $129K | 4.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 48 | Otsego MN | 24,525 | $120K | 3.5% | 1.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Farm, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Franklin Farm and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Reston (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franklin Farm workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Farm | – | A+ | A | 27 min | $215,544 |
| Chantilly | 5% | A+ | A | 28 min | $157,124 |
| Difficult Run | under 3% | A+ | B | 30 min | $250,000+ |
| Floris | under 3% | A+ | A− | 29 min | $246,058 |
| Navy | under 3% | A+ | A | 27 min | $238,676 |
| Reston | 9% | A | A+ | 26 min | $148,710 |
| Sully Square | under 3% | A+ | A+ | 35 min | $175,781 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Franklin Farm’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 Farm: questions
What is the median household income in Franklin Farm?
$215,544 (±$16,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franklin Farm?
1.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franklin Farm?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franklin Farm work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reston (9%, 4 mi), Washington (8%, 20 mi), Tysons (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Franklin Farm walkable?
Franklin Farm is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Franklin Farm without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 50% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Franklin Farm, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franklin Farm
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.