Franklin is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,328 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Franklin is the 196th largest community in North Carolina.Franklin is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Franklin is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Franklin who work in food service (11.65%), office and administrative support (10.13%), and maintenance occupations (9.45%). 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. Franklin 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.The education level of Franklin citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.19% of adults in Franklin have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Franklin in 2022 was $27,002, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,008 for a family of four. However, Franklin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Franklin is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Franklin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Franklin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Franklin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Franklin include English, Irish, European, German, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Franklin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
