City safety & data profile

FranklinOH

Franklin, OH is a 12K-resident city in Warren County with a median household income of $58,587.

Warren County, Ohio. 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 12% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $183,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 13%
By size
$58,587
Median income (place)
$183,100
Median home (place)
22.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Franklin

Franklin posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Franklin area.

Bottom 21%
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)

$58,587 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus 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, OH beyond the headline numbers

Franklin sits inside Warren County, Ohio, at roughly 39.56°N, -84.30°W. Population 11,783, $58,587 median household income. Median home value $183,100, median rent $981. Poverty rate 22.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Franklin, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

22.5% of Franklin, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Franklin costs roughly 3.1 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 8.6% of Franklin workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 20.2% in Franklin, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Franklin's median age is 35.2 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)
11,783
Franklin · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,587
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$183,100
-56% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Warren 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
250K+16%
Median Income
$110,132+52%
Median Home Value
$349,400+85%
Poverty Rate
6%-5%
Unemployment
3.1%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for Franklin, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$981/mo
Poverty Rate
22.5% +81% vs avg
Unemployment 4.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.8%
Work From Home 8.6%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 87%
African American 3%
Asian 3.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.7%
Obesity
38.3%
High Blood Pressure
36.2%
Physical Inactivity
29%
Current Smoking
20.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
20%
Binge Drinking
17%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.8%
Diabetes
13.7%
Current Asthma
11.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.4%
Annual Checkup 78%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.7%
Stroke
3.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER
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.

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Sheet OH-FRANKLIN-OH · 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 Ohio 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.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Franklin, OH? ▼
Franklin, OH has a population of 11,783 people, located in Warren County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Franklin? ▼
The median household income in Franklin, OH is $58,587 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 22.5%.
What is the median home value in Franklin? ▼
The median home value in Franklin, OH is $183,100. Median rent is $981/month.
What are the top health concerns in Franklin? ▼
The top health indicators in Franklin include Short Sleep Duration (38.7%), Obesity (38.3%), High Blood Pressure (36.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Franklin? ▼
Franklin has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Franklin? ▼
The median age in Franklin, OH is 35.2 years. 15.8% 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 Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (22.5% here).

Laramie, WY 22.5% Parkersburg, WV 22.5% Baileys Crossroads, VA 22.5% Brent, FL 22.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($58,587 here).

Salisbury, MD $58,576 New Britain, CT $58,613 Cleveland, TN $58,559 Radcliff, KY $58,559

Compare Franklin with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Springboro, OH 18K Miamisburg, OH 20K Middletown, OH 49K West Carrollton City, OH 13K Monroe, OH 13K Lebanon, OH 21K Centerville, OH 24K Trenton, OH 12K
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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 Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

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 (Warren 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.