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Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, OH

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (17%), Troy (6%) and Dayton (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
5 of 548 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 543 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

543live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
83work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Franklin goes to work

GettysburgArcanumWest MiltonGreenvillePiquaVandaliaTroyHuber HeightsKetteringSpringfieldDaytonUnionMonroeVan BurenFranklinNewtonHarrisonAdamsGreenvilleGreenvilleTroyDaytonGreenvilleArcanumPiquaVandaliaKetteringSpringfieldVan BurenFranklin
1
Greenville9.1 mi away
17%91
2
Troy13.2 mi away
6%32
3
Dayton22.9 mi away
6%31
4
Greenville10.3 mi away
3%19
5
Arcanum5.7 mi away
3%16
6
Piqua13.9 mi away
3%15
7
Vandalia18.6 mi away
3%14
8
Kettering29.4 mi away
2%11
9
Springfield36.6 mi away
2%11
10
Van Buren4.2 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%297

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.

24%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

88 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

88 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)70%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)15%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

548 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%