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Work & commute in Franklin · A job hub

Every workday, about 140 people come to Franklin for work

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sacramento (30%), Elk Grove (11%) and Stockton (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 56 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
8%
Less than CA (17%)
Jobs based here
144
A job hub

What kind of work town is Franklin?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Franklin fills up on a workday

On a workday 56 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.

56live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
144work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night230
Workday320
230live here− 56head out to work+ 140come in to work= 320on a workday

About 320 people are in Franklin on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.57jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

2.6 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Franklin’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

HealdsburgGalt: 3 workers live here (2%)South San FranciscoCupertinoNewarkLodi: 2 workers live here (1%)Woodland: 2 workers live here (1%)PleasantonSan RamonWest Sacramento: 2 workers live here (1%)Elk Grove: 42 workers live here (29%)Modesto: 3 workers live here (2%)Sacramento: 24 workers live here (17%)StocktonFranklinFlorin: 4 workers live here (3%)Rancho Murieta: 3 workers live here (2%)Arden-Arcade: 3 workers live here (2%)Elk GroveSacramentoFlorinGaltModestoRancho MurietaFranklin
1
Elk Grove5.3 mi away
29%42
2
Sacramento13.8 mi away
17%24
3
Florin8.6 mi away
3%4
4
Galt11.2 mi away
2%3
5
Modesto56.3 mi away
2%3
6
Rancho Murieta23.7 mi away
2%3
7
Arden-Arcade16.6 mi away
2%3
8
Lodi19.4 mi away
1%2
9
Woodland26.1 mi away
1%2
10
West Sacramento13.7 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%56
The top trips

Where Franklin clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Franklin commutes less than 18 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSacramento: 30% · 13.8 miElk Grove: 11% · 5.3 miStockton: 9% · 28.3 miHealdsburg: 2% · 77.9 miGalt: 2% · 11.2 miSouth San Francisco: 2% · 70 miCupertino: 2% · 79.1 miNewark: 2% · 67.3 miPleasanton: 2% · 53.5 miSan Ramon: 2% · 48.7 miSacramento 30%Elk Grove 11%Stockton 9%Healdsburg 2%Galt 2%Franklin
FranklinTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi14 residents
32%10–24 mi18 residents
18%25–50 mi10 residents
25%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 25% 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 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

144 jobs are based in Franklin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in FranklinJobs Franklin residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices100%68%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%18%
Over $3,333 a month61%75%

Who does it

29 or younger31%14%
30 to 5450%63%
55 and older19%23%
+71%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 144. 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 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Franklin

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
8%

of Franklin workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10

How Franklin ranks on commute time →

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.

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