Franklin is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,394 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Franklin is the 232nd largest community in North Carolina.

Franklin is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Franklin is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Franklin who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.47%), sales jobs (10.91%), and teaching (7.51%).

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.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.87 minutes getting to work every day.

Franklin is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Franklin, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.89% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Franklin doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Franklin Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Franklin who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 15.89% of the adults in Franklin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Franklin in 2000 was $15,129, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,516 for a family of four.

The people who call Franklin home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Franklin is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Franklin include English, German, Scotch-Irish, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Franklin is English.