One downside of living in Franklin Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.57 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Even though Franklin Park is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Franklin Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Franklin Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 59.11% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Franklin Park in 2018 was $52,898, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $211,592 for a family of four. However, Franklin Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Franklin Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Franklin Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Franklin Park residents report their race to be Asian, followed by Black or African-American. Franklin Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Franklin Park include Italian, German, Jamaican, Nigerian, and Irish.
In addition, Franklin Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (37.55%).
The most common language spoken in Franklin Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.
