Franklin County, Tennessee

Franklin County has a population of 43,990 and has grown 6.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $236,900, about 3.7 times the county's median household income of $63,494.

Home price
$236,900
Income
$63,494
Population
43,990
Unemployment
2.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$236,900county
Median gross rent$894county
Median year homes here were built1985county
Share of homes built before 198042.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,208county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$980county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$747county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,307county
Home insurance / yr$2,958(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living90.3(statewide)
Median household income$63,494county
Family health premium / yr$22,085(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,249(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.565(statewide)
Poverty rate12.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.3%county
Unemployment rate2.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.0%county
Share of workers employed by government15.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.9%county
Economic output per resident$41,677county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.53%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.61%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service53 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport557741county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station109 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.1%county
Traffic deaths4.5county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.7(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher23.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.8%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment5355county
Students per full-time teacher14.8county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools3county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution11 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians56county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter7.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.8%county
Frequent mental distress20.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population43,990county
Land area in square miles555county
People per square mile of land79.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores7county
Share living far from a food store4.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract9.3%county
Population change since 2020+6.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age42.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.9%county
Share of households that are one person32.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.6%county
Second languages4.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls49.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents302county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents11county
Households that moved in1,202county
Households that moved away1,140county
Average income of arriving households$74,934county
Average income of departing households$54,964county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes16county
Housing units authorised in the latest year323county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings2.5%county
Violent crime rate592(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature59.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation60.9 incounty
Annual snowfall6.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.30 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F27 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing71 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days211 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 5county
Average first fall frostNov 3county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$141county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh11.9¢county
Household electricity use1,209 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity65.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas25.1%county
Homes heated by propane7.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood0.6%county
Households with broadband83.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk58.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk68.3county
Landslide risk32.4county
Hail risk39.0county
Earthquake risk80.8county
Tornado risk77.4county
Tropical cyclone risk47.5county
Extreme heat risk39.8county
Winter weather risk70.7county
Strong wind risk62.5county
Wildfire risk17.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Franklin County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Tennessee figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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