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Franklin city, New Hampshire: commercial real estate data.
Franklin city is a Census city of 8,799 people across 27.43 square miles of land, in Merrimack County. Median household income is $71,648, 64.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.3 m.
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Franklin
What Franklin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area27.43 sq mi
- Water area1.74 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land321
- County holding the largest share of its areaMerrimack County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Franklin
How many people live in Franklin
- Population8,799
- Median age42.7
- Population under 181,570
- Share under 1817.8 percent
- Population 65 and over1,873
- Share 65 and over21.3 percent
- Households3,613
- Family households2,236
- Share of households that are families61.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Franklin
Income and work in Franklin
- Median household income$71,648
- Per capita income$35,955
- Civilian labor force4,531
- Employed4,403
- Unemployed128 plus or minus 76
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over6,636
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Franklin
Housing in Franklin
- Housing units4,018
- Occupied units3,613
- Vacant units405 plus or minus 144
- Vacancy rate10.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied2,321
- Renter occupied1,292
- Ownership rate64.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$262,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,110
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent
- Single family units2,323
- Share single family57.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,592 plus or minus 377
- Share in buildings of two or more39.6 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Mobile homes103 plus or minus 52
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Franklin
How Franklin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,951
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,053 plus or minus 284
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.7 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,061
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.2 percent
- Drove alone76.5 percent
- Carpooled12.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home8.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Franklin
SBA loans in Franklin (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$5,336,000
- Average approval$667,000
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,600,000
- Largest approval$2,600,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval3.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Franklin
SBA loans in Franklin (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$893,000
- Average approval$178,600
- Median approval$131,000
- Largest approval$325,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Merrimack County, not Franklin
Merrimack County context, not Franklin figures
These are Merrimack County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Franklin measurements.
- Establishments in Merrimack County4,213
- Employment at those establishments, Merrimack County62,841
- Covered employment, Merrimack County77,147
- Average annual pay, Merrimack County$68,857
- Average weekly wage, Merrimack County$1,324
- Housing units permitted, Merrimack County355
- Of those, single family, Merrimack County288
- County product, 2024, Merrimack County$13,792,335,000
- County product change over the prior year, Merrimack County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Merrimack County$86,915
Every figure in this section is published for Merrimack County as a whole and is not a measurement of Franklin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Franklin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Franklin, New Hampshire?
8,799, in 3,613 households. Franklin city covers 27.43 square miles of land, which is 321 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Franklin in?
Merrimack County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Franklin?
$71,648. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $262,200. Median gross rent is $1,110 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Franklin businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $5.3 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $893,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Franklin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Franklin borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Franklin. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Franklin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Merrimack County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Franklin.
Is zoning published for Franklin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.