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What Makes Franklin Great
- One of the Top 50 Cities to start a small business (Business Week)
- Best Southern Town (Garden and Guns)
- Most Romantic Main Street
- Top 10 Community for Job Growth
- Top 10 Places to Retire (Money Magazine)
- Number One Small Town in Tennessee
- #10 for new jobs created in America, and projected to be #3 in America for new jobs over the next 20 years
Attractions
- Historic Downtown Franklin
- Site of the Battle of Franklin
- Carnton Plantation
- Carter House
- Lotz House
- The Park at Harlinsdale Farm
- Main Street Festival
- PumpkinFest
- Dickens of a Christmas
- Pilgrimage Festival
Housing Market
- Median listing price – $588k
- Price per square foot – $177
- Median closing price – $438k
- Home appreciation in Franklin over the past year was 6.5%
- Median rent price – $2,200
- 32.5% of homes are renter-occupied
Overall Safety
- The overall crime rate in Franklin is 42% lower than the national average
- Franklin is safer than 56% of the cities in the United States
Employment
- Unemployment rate of 3.3%, lower than the USA unemployment rate 4.7%
- Future job growth over the next ten years is predicted to be 41.04%
- Median household income is $85,671
Education
As part of the Williamson County School district, the city of Franklin is included in WCS’s state report card showing:
- Graduation Rate of 95.5%
- Average ACT Composite of 24.6
- 79% of students HOPE Scholarship eligible based on ACT scores
- 94th percentile in high school mathematics, 92nd percentile in high school English
Source: franklin-gov.com
Sources: TripAdvisor, DowntownFranklin.TN, franklin-gov.com
Source: Zillow
Source: DataUSA, franklin-gov.com
Source: WCS.edu
