Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, IN

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (15%), Auburn (11%) and Butler (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 552 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 546 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

546live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Fort Wayne29.7 mi away

15%83

Auburn11 mi away

11%60

Butler4 mi away

8%44

Angola12.8 mi away

5%29

Elkhart56.6 mi away

5%29

Ashley8.6 mi away

5%28

Kendallville18.4 mi away

5%25

Wilmington5.5 mi away

5%25

Waterloo8.1 mi away

4%20

Hamilton4.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%196

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.

28%

34%

22%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

141 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

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+34%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 141. 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.