Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, NC

About one in 3 of Franklin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Asheville (6%), Sylva (3%) and Highlands (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

507 of 1,651 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,144 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 507 work right here, and 4,954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

1,144live here, work elsewhere

507live and work here

4,954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Franklin (in town)right here

31%507

Asheville53.9 mi away

6%97

Sylva16.3 mi away

3%51

Highlands13.5 mi away

2%41

Charlotte144 mi away

2%35

Cherokee21.6 mi away

2%28

Waynesville30.2 mi away

1%19

Hendersonville53.1 mi away

1%18

Raleigh270.3 mi away

1%16

Knoxville, TN63.3 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%823

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.

44%

21%

29%

44%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is a job hub

3.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

5,461 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

5,461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

1,651 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+8%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 5,075 → 5,461. 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.