Franklin is a somewhat small city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 8,823 people and two associated neighborhoods, Franklin is the 35th largest community in New Hampshire. Much of the housing stock in Franklin was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Franklin is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Franklin is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Franklin who work in office and administrative support (19.49%), sales jobs (11.04%), and management occupations (7.89%). Also of interest is that Franklin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Franklin telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.92% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Franklin has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Franklin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Franklin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Franklin may be for you. One downside of living in Franklin is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Franklin, the average commute to work is 31.14 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Franklin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Franklin who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.18% of the adults in Franklin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Franklin in 2022 was $35,657, which is low income relative to New Hampshire, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,628 for a family of four. However, Franklin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Franklin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Franklin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Franklin include English, Irish, French, Scottish, and Ukrainian. The most common language spoken in Franklin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
