Health · Franklin

Franklin, OH health

On most measures Franklin looks like Ohio as a whole. Where it trails the state most: fewer adults seeing a dentist (58.9% vs 62.9%) and fewer adults getting cholesterol checked (82.5% vs 86.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 44691, 44627, 44676

CHealth Grade

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Franklin’s Health Grade: C

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Franklin is healthier than 34% of U.S. towns and 52% of Ohio towns.

C+Self-rated healthC+Physical distressC-Mental distressB-ObesityB-DiabetesC-SmokingC+Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 34%

Less healthyHealthier

Ohio towns we grade (1,692)Healthier than 52%

Towns with similar incomes, $54K–$89K (9,697)Healthier than 37%

About what its income would suggest. Franklin does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Franklin could be anywhere from D to B.

How the Health Grade works

Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in Ohio ranking.
Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Franklin with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Franklin’s figures come from the ZIP codes that cover it, weighted by land area. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.

Report card

How Franklin compares with Ohio

Each theme counts how many of its measures are better, worse or too close to call against the state. Tap one to jump to it.

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Franklin adults…

35 of every 100 Franklin adults have high blood pressure

Ohio: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.7–38.5%

Bars show Franklin; the black tick is Ohio. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Franklin, betterFranklin, worseToo close to callOhio

Get no exerciseshare of adults 27.8% Franklin
OH 26.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 34.4% Franklin
OH 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.5% Franklin
OH 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 17.2% Franklin
OH 15.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Franklin adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Ohio.

Yearly checkup

OH 80%

Dentist visit

OH 63%

Cholesterol check

OH 86%

Colon screening

OH 65%

Mammogram

OH 76%

Taking BP meds

OH 79%

1 in 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Franklin 9.4% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Franklin adults are doing

1 in 3Franklin adults feel lonely

36.7% · Ohio 35% · too close to call

1 in 4Franklin adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.7% · Ohio 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Franklin adults lack social or emotional support

22.2% · Ohio 21.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Franklin adults are in frequent mental distress

19.3% · Ohio 17.5% · too close to call

Everyday needs

Making ends meet

Needs that shape health as much as any doctor visit: food, housing, utilities and a way to get around.

1 in 7

Franklin adults worry about having enough food

14.4% · OH 14.1% · about the same

1 in 9

Franklin adults worry about keeping their housing

10.9% · OH 11.3% · about the same

1 in 13

Franklin adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7.5% · OH 8.3% · about the same

1 in 13

Franklin adults lack reliable transportation

8% · OH 7.7% · about the same

11.4% of Franklin adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Disability

Living with a disability

31.5%

of Franklin adults live with a disability (Ohio 29.5%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.8%

Thinking or memory16.3%

Hearing7.1%

Errands alone9%

Vision4.8%

Dressing or bathing3.8%

Black tick: Ohio. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Franklin

Franklin and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are the nearest hospitals and community health centers.

35.2%39.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 23towns on this map, healthiest first

Wooster35.6%

Wooster36.7%

Franklin37%

Salt Creek37.3%

Salt Creek37.4%

Fredericksburg37.7%

Prairie38%

East Union38.2%

Clinton38.3%

Care nearby

Wooster Community HospitalWooster · 7.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Aultman Orrville HospitalOrrville · 11.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Pomerene HospitalMillersburg · 12.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

University Hospitals Samaritan Medical CenterAshland · 22.4 mi · ★★★★★ Directions Medicare profile

Massillon Professional BuildingMassillon · 22.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Ashland Health and WellnessAshland · 22.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careFranklin is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careFranklin is not a shortage area

! Mental healthFranklin's county is a federal shortage area.Wayne-Holmes MHCA · need score 16 of 25

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes). Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Franklin. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 40 measures for Franklin

Measure	Franklin	Margin	Ohio
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.1%	31.7–38.5%	37.2%	about the same
High cholesterol	35.8%	32.1–39.5%	36.7%	about the same
Obesity	37%	30.7–43.5%	37.1%	about the same
Arthritis	28.9%	26.1–31.7%	29.8%	about the same
Depression	26.7%	23.5–30.2%	25.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	16.5%	13.8–19.2%	15.3%	about the same
Asthma	11.5%	10.3–12.7%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.7%	8–9.4%	8.7%	about the same
Diabetes	12.1%	10.7–13.6%	13.2%	about the same
COPD	8.6%	7.8–9.5%	8%	about the same
Heart disease	7.1%	6.5–7.9%	7.1%	about the same
Stroke	3.5%	3.2–3.8%	3.7%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	17.2%	15.1–19.3%	15.4%	about the same
Binge drink	18.5%	15.6–21.5%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	27.8%	24.1–31.9%	26.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	34.4%	29.4–39.6%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.1%	73.8–80.2%	79.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	58.9%	55.7–62.1%	62.9%	worse
Cholesterol check	82.5%	80.5–84.4%	86.1%	worse
Colon screening	62.5%	58–66.7%	65.2%	about the same
Mammogram	73.5%	66.6–79.6%	76%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.9%	74.4–79.2%	79.2%	about the same
No health insurance	9.4%	8–10.8%	8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	36.7%	32–41.7%	35%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.2%	19.2–25.5%	21.3%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	19.3%	17.3–21.3%	17.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	20.4%	18.2–22.8%	19.4%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	14.7%	13.2–16.3%	13.9%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	14.4%	12.4–16.6%	14.1%	about the same
Housing insecurity	10.9%	9.4–12.5%	11.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	7.5%	6.5–8.5%	8.3%	about the same
No reliable transportation	8%	7–9%	7.7%	about the same
Receive SNAP	11.4%	9.8–13.2%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	31.5%	27.9–35.3%	29.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.8%	12.2–15.5%	13.9%
Thinking or memory	16.3%	14.6–18.1%	13.9%
Hearing	7.1%	6.4–7.9%	6.8%
Vision	4.8%	4.4–5.2%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	3.8%	3.4–4.1%	3.8%
Errands alone	9%	8.1–9.9%	8.1%

About these numbers

How CDC estimates town health

They're modeled estimatesCDC combines a large national health survey with each area's age, sex, race and income mix to estimate local rates. Nobody surveyed Franklin door to door.

Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the Ohio figure falls inside it, we don't call Franklin better or worse.

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Franklin by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Franklin by how much of its land each one covers.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Ohio figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population.

Health estimates: CDC PLACES. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.