Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, IA

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Madison (17%), Mount Pleasant (7%) and Keokuk (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 46 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

46live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Fort Madison9.2 mi away

17%8

Mount Pleasant20.5 mi away

7%3

Keokuk18.7 mi away

7%3

Cedar Rapids90.1 mi away

7%3

Davenport77.6 mi away

7%3

West Burlington20.6 mi away

4%2

Iowa City68.3 mi away

4%2

Aurora, IL183.8 mi away

2%1

Wyoming99.8 mi away

2%1

West Point4.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%19

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Franklin commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%

33%

35%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

3 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 Franklin

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

46 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−40%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 3. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.