Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, VA

About one in 5 of Franklin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Suffolk (10%), Richmond (3%) and Chesapeake (2%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

618 of 3,039 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 2,421 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 618 work right here, and 2,987 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

2,421live here, work elsewhere

618live and work here

2,987work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Franklin (in town)right here

20%618

Suffolk17 mi away

10%317

Richmond65.5 mi away

3%103

Chesapeake35.4 mi away

2%65

Newport News35.7 mi away

2%64

Camptown2.6 mi away

2%64

Courtland7 mi away

2%62

Smithfield27 mi away

2%61

Norfolk41.9 mi away

2%51

Emporia33 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,590

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.

32%

16%

20%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

3,605 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

3,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

3,039 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

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Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 3,593 → 3,605. 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.