Places/MA/Franklin County, MA
County profile

Franklin County, MA

United States · GDP 2024
#862 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,141
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,549
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
70,698
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$74.9k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
40.6%±1.5%
Poverty rate
12.1%±1.3%
Business applications
478 · 2025
Retail establishments
246
34.7/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Retail trade23%
Health care23%
Manufacturing22%
Food & accommodation12%
Education12%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
70,698
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $70.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+624
International migration+636
Natural change1,447

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$3.0B
2019
$3.2B
2020
$3.3B
2021
$3.4B
2022
$3.9B
2023
$3.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$329.0k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
8.6%±1.0%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$23.8M
64 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 82Hurricane 79Ice storm 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
283
2016
294
2017
315
2018
319
2019
334
2020
379
2021
420
2022
465
2023
487
2024
534
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-24% since 2021
84
2021
75
2022
66
2023
83
2024
64
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.5 km
I-91
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
PAS
Nearest port
91.8 km
TROY TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
43.5 km
WESTOVER ARB/METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$53.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Franklin?

Franklin's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, contracting 4.2% year over yearslower than 90% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.