Franklin Furnace is a very small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,525 people and just one neighborhood, Franklin Furnace is the 506th largest community in Ohio.
Franklin Furnace is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Franklin Furnace is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Franklin Furnace who work in healthcare (29.35%), office and administrative support (18.60%), and food service (5.29%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Franklin Furnace has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Franklin Furnace has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Franklin Furnace than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Franklin Furnace may be for you.
One downside of living in Franklin Furnace, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.23 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Franklin Furnace doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Franklin Furnace with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.94% of adults in Franklin Furnace have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Franklin Furnace in 2022 was $22,124, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,496 for a family of four. However, Franklin Furnace contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Franklin Furnace is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Franklin Furnace home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Franklin Furnace residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Franklin Furnace include Irish, German, English, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Franklin Furnace is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.5% of all American neighborhoods.
Of particular note, 5.2% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Franklin Furnace are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 29.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (25.4%), and 19.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Franklin Furnace, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (9.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report English roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.3%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.