About Franklinville

Franklinville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,653 people and just one neighborhood, Franklinville is the 185th largest community in North Carolina.

Franklinville is a blue-collar town, with 58.0% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Franklinville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Franklinville who work in office and administrative support jobs (7.45%), sales jobs (5.30%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (4.95%).

Franklinville is a very car-oriented town. 96.64% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Franklinville is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Franklinville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Franklinville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Franklinville Information and Demographics

The population of Franklinville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.04% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Franklinville in 2000 was $17,530, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,120 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Franklinville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.