Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, OH

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (8%), Middletown (8%) and Springboro (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

468 of 5,478 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 5,010 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 468 work right here, and 4,598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

5,010live here, work elsewhere

468live and work here

4,598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Franklin (in town)right here

9%468

Cincinnati30.8 mi away

8%419

Middletown5.1 mi away

8%414

Springboro3.3 mi away

5%301

Dayton16.7 mi away

4%208

West Chester16.3 mi away

4%201

Lebanon10 mi away

3%188

Kettering12.4 mi away

3%161

Monroe7.9 mi away

3%151

Miamisburg5.4 mi away

3%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,830

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.

38%

37%

15%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

5,066 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

5,066 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

5,478 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+8%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 4,684 → 5,066. 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.