Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, TX

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Bryan (11%), Houston (8%) and Austin (8%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

95 of 666 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 571 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 581 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

571live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

581work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Franklin (in town)right here

14%95

Bryan25.6 mi away

11%75

Houston107.8 mi away

8%55

Austin90.5 mi away

8%50

College Station32.4 mi away

7%48

Hearne12.1 mi away

3%17

Dallas123.3 mi away

2%10

Brenham60.1 mi away

1%6

San Antonio162.6 mi away

1%6

Round Rock77.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%299

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.

18%

13%

21%

48%

18%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

676 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

676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+67%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 676. 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.