City safety & data profile

FranklinIN

Franklin, IN is a 25K-resident city in Johnson County with a median household income of $82,380.

Johnson County, Indiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Franklin, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Franklin has a population larger than 54% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $231,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

25K
Population (place)
Top 46%
By size
$82,380
Median income (place)
$231,500
Median home (place)
11%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Franklin

Franklin posts a median household income higher than 52% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Franklin area.

Top 48%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Franklin

Where Franklin income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$82,380 Top 48% higher than 52% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Franklin $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IN

Population among 79 IN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Indianapolis is the largest IN city on this list; Zionsville leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IN

Median household income among the same 79-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Zionsville posts the highest place-level median income in IN; Indianapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Franklin, IN beyond the headline numbers

Franklin sits inside Johnson County, Indiana, at roughly 39.48°N, -86.06°W. Population 24,598, $82,380 median household income. Median home value $231,500, median rent $1,186. Poverty rate 11%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Franklin, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Franklin, IN stands at 11%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Franklin runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 11.5% of Franklin workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 38.1% in Franklin, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Franklin's median age is 34.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Franklin from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
24,598
Franklin · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$82,380
-8% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$231,500
-44% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Johnson County): Franklin's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
166K+17%
Median Income
$90,454+48%
Median Home Value
$284,600+97%
Poverty Rate
7.4%-30%
Unemployment
3%-57%

Economics

Economics indicators for Franklin, IN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,186/mo
Poverty Rate
11% -11% vs avg
Unemployment 3.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.8%
Work From Home 11.5%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 90.3%
African American 3%
Asian 1.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.4%
High Blood Pressure
38.1%
Short Sleep Duration
37.4%
Physical Inactivity
23.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.9%
Binge Drinking
17.2%
Current Smoking
14.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.4%
Diabetes
12%
Current Asthma
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62%
Annual Checkup 80.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.4%
Stroke
3.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
FRANKLIN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Franklin?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Franklin right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IN-FRANKLIN-IN · Franklin

Franklin: 18 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 18 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Franklin

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 18 tagged notices on record for Franklin.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ2)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Franklin; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Indiana state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (18 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Franklin, IN?
Franklin, IN has a population of 24,598 people, located in Johnson County, Indiana.
What is the median household income in Franklin?
The median household income in Franklin, IN is $82,380 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11%.
What is the median home value in Franklin?
The median home value in Franklin, IN is $231,500. Median rent is $1,186/month.
What are the top health concerns in Franklin?
The top health indicators in Franklin include Obesity (39.4%), High Blood Pressure (38.1%), Short Sleep Duration (37.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Franklin?
Franklin has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Franklin?
The median age in Franklin, IN is 34.5 years. 27.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Franklin, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IN (11% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IN ($82,380 here).

Compare Franklin with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Franklin's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Franklin area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Franklin against Indiana peers on any ranking lens. Explore Indiana

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Johnson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.