Best PlacesFranklin Town, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Franklin Town, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Franklin Town ranks 221st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Franklin Town
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Franklin Town's strengths and weaknesses
Where Franklin Town ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Household income$151,517 median, better than 92% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of cities
Where Franklin Town ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,403 a month, better than only 1% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of cities
- Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Franklin Town
A household needs to earn about $172,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Franklin Town home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $151,517, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Franklin Town's effective rate of 1.21%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Franklin Town
Franklin Town's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Franklin Town.
Who works in Franklin Town, and how
Work in Franklin Town centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Franklin Town
Franklin Town has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. The coast is about 44 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Franklin Town and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Franklin Town, month by month
Franklin Town sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Franklin Town
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 28 miles away.
The best schools in and around Franklin Town
Schools across Franklin Town average an A−, better than 85% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- J F Kennedy MemorialA+ · 73% proficient
- Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Freeman-kennedy SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Annie Sullivan Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Medway MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Horace MannB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Millis High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Franklin HighA · 74% proficient
- Tri-county Regional Vocational TechnicalA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Franklin Town school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Franklin Town measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Franklin Town against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Franklin Town suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Franklin Town
Is Franklin Town a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Franklin Town ranks 221st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, tree cover, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Franklin Town expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $623,819. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $151,517 median income, cost of living beats 82% of cities.
Is Franklin Town safe?
Yes, Franklin Town is safer than 99% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $139 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Franklin Town?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 21. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 24% of cities.
Is Franklin Town good for families?
Schools beat 85% of cities, crime safety beats 99%, and childcare runs $2,403 a month.
Compare Franklin Town with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Franklin Town. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Franklin Town represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Franklin Town detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Franklin Town: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Franklin Town: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Franklin Town: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Franklin Town: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Franklin Town detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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