City · Robertson County, Texas

Franklin, Texas

Franklin is a city in Robertson County, Texas, part of the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area. It has 1,530 residents. Franklin, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 21 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,376 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #487 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on math scores (high), students per teacher (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), dentists (low) and mental health providers (low).

21Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,376 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #487 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,530 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,307.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4827288

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety24#11,886/15,637
Economy24#11,845/15,631
Housing54#6,943/14,977
Health38#9,658/15,609
Healthcare1#15,562/15,650
Environment55#6,917/15,453
Education57#6,693/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,621/15,650
Community28#11,286/15,651
Leisure & amenities28#11,336/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Franklin, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Robertson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Math scores · high3.41
91/100Texas 3.15United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRobertson County value
Students per teacher · low11.6×
90/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsRobertson County value
Public libraries · high1.7 /10k
88/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesRobertson County value
Property crime rate · low520 /100k
88/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRobertson County value
Comfortable days · high31.2%
84/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationRobertson County value
Grocery stores · high2.2 /10k
82/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRobertson County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low6 /100k
0/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRobertson County value
Dentists · low6 /100k
0/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRobertson County value
Mental health providers · low28 /100k
2/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRobertson County value
Distance to an emergency room · high22.3 mi
2/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRobertson County value
Traffic deaths · high39.6 /100k
3/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataRobertson County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationRobertson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,989 (2015-2019) → 1,530 (2020-2024)
−23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
12.1% (2015-2019) → 27.8% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
13.4% (2015-2019) → 24.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
21.4% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
15.1% (2015-2019) → 6.7% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Franklin, Texas improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Uninsured−9.6 points21.4% → 11.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Franklin, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.5 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%2015-2019	21.5%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Broadband subscriptions	82.1%2015-2019	81.4%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Effective property tax rate	1.58%2015-2019	1.29%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+1.2×	Within the margin of error	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3752015-2019	0.4282020-2024	+0.053	Within the margin of error	15%
Median household income	$47,7302015-2019	$54,2652020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	13.4%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.7%2015-2019	22.3%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	37.1%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.4%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−9.6 points	Improved	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Franklin, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Franklin, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Franklin, Texas itself moved −9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,530 residents (±358)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (−4.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,530 residents (±358)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

White64%†982
Black24%†361
Hispanic or Latino5.9%†90
Asian1.8%†28
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%†6
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.1%†63

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+3.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

958 residents (±195)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma7.8%†75
High school or GED41%†394
Some college22%†209
Associate degree7.7%†74
Bachelor's degree17%†167
Graduate degree4.1%†39

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (−11.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

548 households (±120)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k21%†116
$25k–50k24%†134
$50k–75k15%†83
$75k–100k20%†107
$100k–150k9.7%†53
$150k–200k6.6%†36
$200k or more3.5%†19

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (−10.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

548 households (±120)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

Own45%†247
Rent55%†301

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

294 households (±100)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

Under $75037%†110
$750–1,00021%†62
$1,000–1,50039%†115

Home values

247 homes (±75)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k42%†104
$150k–250k34%†85
$250k–400k12%†30

Age of homes

689 homes (±121)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later13%†89
2000–200923%†161
1980–199916%†109

Size of homes

689 homes (±121)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom15%†106
2 bedrooms28%†193

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

570 workers (±140)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone81%†459
Carpool14%†80
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.5%†3
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.0%†23
Other0.9%†5

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

547 workers (±139)

Franklin, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min52%†285
15–29 min14%†76
30–44 min13%†71

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the College Station-Bryan, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Robertson County, the county holding most of Franklin's residents.

Robertson County has 297 employer establishments, 172 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Texas's), with 3,275 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,307. The Census Bureau also counts 1,692 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 297; 1,692 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 172; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 3,275
Average annual pay: $59,307; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Robertson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	24	13.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	373	$18,638	12
Specialty trade contractors	22	12.7	0.82×About typical	263	$56,913	181
Religious organizations	18	10.4	1.88×More than typical	72	$13,319	—
Gasoline stations	14	8.1	2.50×More than typical	120	$24,708	—
Lessors of real estate	13	7.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	11	$32,091	109
Ambulatory health care services	11	6.4	0.30×Fewer than typical	38	$69,579	57
Full-service restaurants	11	6.4	0.83×About typical	157	$20,879	7
Limited-service restaurants	11	6.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	202	$17,109	—
Building equipment contractors	10	5.8	0.96×About typical	33	$60,182	47
Banks and credit unions	9	5.2	1.61×Too few to compare	64	$77,328	—
General merchandise stores	9	5.2	2.94×Too few to compare	83	$17,506	6
Truck transportation	9	5.2	1.03×Too few to compare	133	$84,068	67

Rank places for an industry Open Robertson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,306 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Franklin is mostly in Robertson County.

See federal money in Robertson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Franklin, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Pete SessionsR-TX-17 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Robertson County28100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

College Station-Bryan, TX43

Other cities and towns in Robertson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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