City safety & data profile

FranklinTN

Franklin, TN is a 73K-resident city in Williamson County with a median household income of $119,528.

Williamson County, Tennessee. 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 88% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $705,400, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

73K
Population (place)
Top 12%
By size
$119,528
Median income (place)
$705,400
Median home (place)
4.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Franklin

Franklin posts a median household income higher than 82% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Franklin area.

Top 18%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Franklin

Where Franklin income ranks nationally

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

$119,528 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis 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, TN beyond the headline numbers

Franklin sits inside Williamson County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.93°N, -86.87°W. Population 72,639, $119,528 median household income. Median home value $705,400, median rent $1,923. Poverty rate 4.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.6% of Franklin, TN residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Franklin costs around 5.9 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

30.4% of Franklin workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 2.4% in Franklin, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Franklin workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters 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)
72,639
Franklin · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$119,528
+34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$705,400
+71% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Williamson 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
260K+38%
Median Income
$135,594+51%
Median Home Value
$751,900+125%
Poverty Rate
4.6%-19%
Unemployment
2.4%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Franklin, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,923/mo
Poverty Rate
4.6% -63% vs avg
Unemployment 2.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 64.5%
Work From Home 30.4%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 75.7%
African American 5.3%
Asian 8.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.1%
High Blood Pressure
33.6%
Obesity
29.3%
Physical Inactivity
18.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.4%
Binge Drinking
15%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.7%
Current Smoking
10.2%
Current Asthma
9.9%
Diabetes
9.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70.5%
Annual Checkup 78%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.8%
Stroke
2.4%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
WILLIAMSON 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.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-FRANKLIN-TN · 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 Tennessee 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, TN? ▼
Franklin, TN has a population of 72,639 people, located in Williamson County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Franklin? ▼
The median household income in Franklin, TN is $119,528 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.6%.
What is the median home value in Franklin? ▼
The median home value in Franklin, TN is $705,400. Median rent is $1,923/month.
What are the top health concerns in Franklin? ▼
The top health indicators in Franklin include Short Sleep Duration (34.1%), High Blood Pressure (33.6%), Obesity (29.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Franklin? ▼
Franklin has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Franklin? ▼
The median age in Franklin, TN is 38.6 years. 64.5% 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 Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (4.6% here).

Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% The Acreage, FL 4.6% Pleasant Grove, UT 4.6% Olive Branch, MS 4.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($119,528 here).

Wylie, TX $119,522 Minnetonka, MN $119,517 Channahon, IL $119,494 Londonderry, NH $119,571

Compare Franklin with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Brentwood Estates, TN 31K Brentwood, TN 42K Spring Hill, TN 36K Nashville, TN 689K La Vergne, TN 35K Columbia, TN 37K Smyrna, TN 47K Hermitage, TN 38K
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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 Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

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 (Williamson 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.