Franklin Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 13,430 people and three associated neighborhoods, Franklin Park is the 144th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Franklin Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Franklin Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.57 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

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 2022 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.