Franklin is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,967 people and two associated neighborhoods, Franklin is the 314th largest community in New Jersey. Franklin has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.

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.

One downside of living in Franklin is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Franklin, the average commute to work is 34.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The percentage of adults in Franklin who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.82% of the adults in Franklin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Franklin in 2022 was $40,764, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,056 for a family of four. However, Franklin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Franklin is a very ethnically-diverse borough. 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 15.06% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Franklin include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Franklin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.