Every workday, about 26,000 people come to Franklin Center for work
Most working residents leave Franklin Center for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (12%), New York (6%) and New Brunswick (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
What kind of work town is Franklin Center?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Franklin Center’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 2,612 residents head out to work, 247 work right here, and 25,653 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30,000 people are in Franklin Center on a workday afternoon, 347% more than live here.
9.1 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.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franklin Center workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
77% of the jobs in Franklin Center pay over $3,333 a month
25,900 jobs are based in Franklin Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franklin Center, 2013 → 2023: 18,834 → 25,900. 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.
19% of Franklin Center works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Franklin (12%). Darker towns draw more of Franklin Center’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Where Franklin Center’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Franklin Center clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Franklin Center commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
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.
More of Franklin Center
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Franklin Center, from the people who make the trip.
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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.