Housing data for Franklin Township (Harrison County), IN

Franklin Township (Harrison County), IN has an estimated 4,174 residents and 1,579 homes (US Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey).

It is a township in Harrison County.

9.7% of households rent.

The median gross rent is $785 a month.

Figures last updated on .

Residents
4,174 (±21)
Housing units
1,579 (±194)
Households that rent
9.7%
Median gross rent
$785
Residents since 2015–2019
+0.5%

What stands out in Franklin Township (Harrison County)

Households that rent: 9.7% (±5.1 points) in Franklin Township (Harrison County), lower than in Harrison County (16.4%).

Median household income: $95,686 (±$9,216) in Franklin Township (Harrison County), higher than in Harrison County ($74,475).

Homes in buildings of 5 or more units: 1.4% (±2.5 points) in Franklin Township (Harrison County), lower than in Harrison County (5.2%).

Median home value: $258,000 (±$18,774) in Franklin Township (Harrison County), higher than in Harrison County ($229,600).

Housing in Franklin Township (Harrison County) at a glance

  • Median rent: $785 median gross rent a month
  • Rent by bedrooms: $697 median gross rent, 2 bedrooms (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Rent burden: 16.3% of renters pay 30% or more of income (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Renters and owners: 9.7% of households rent (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Income and affordability: $95,686 median household income
  • Home values: $258,000 median home value
  • Homeowner costs: $1,629 median monthly cost with a mortgage
  • Property taxes: $1,359 median real estate taxes a year
  • Types of homes: 1.4% of homes are in buildings of 5 or more units
  • Bedrooms: 77.0% of homes have 3 or more bedrooms
  • Age of homes: 51.9% of homes were built before 1980
  • Vacancy rate: 7.3% rental vacancy rate (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Heating fuel: 46.5% heat with electricity
  • Commute and cars: 27.6 minutes average trip to work
  • Growth: +0.5% residents since 2015–2019
  • How long people stay: 20.4% moved in since 2020
  • Crowding and facilities: 0.6% of homes have more than 1 person per room (Small sample: wide margin of error)
  • Fair Market Rent: $1,120 Small Area FMR, 2 bedrooms (ZIP 47136)

Franklin Township (Harrison County) against Harrison County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Franklin Township (Harrison County)Harrison CountyIndianaUnited States
Residents4,174 (±21)39,859 (exact)6,851,073 (exact)334,922,499
Housing units1,579 (±194)16,953 (±58)2,976,568 (±617)143,775,355
Households that rent9.7% (±5.1 points)16.4% (±1.9 points)29.4% (±0.3 points)34.8%
Median gross rent$785 (±$216)$836 (±$60)$1,062 (±$5)$1,413
Median household income$95,686 (±$9,216)$74,475 (±$6,526)$71,957 (±$352)$80,734
Median home value$258,000 (±$18,774)$229,600 (±$8,470)$218,200 (±$739)$332,700
Median real estate taxes (a year)$1,359 (±$110)$1,224 (±$57)$1,614 (±$9)$3,119
Built before 198051.9% (±11.3 points)40.2% (±3.3 points)55.0% (±0.3 points)49.7%
Average commute27.6 minutes (±2.5)30.5 minutes (±1.4)24.1 minutes (±0.1)26.4 minutes
Households with broadband88.9% (±4.7 points)85.2% (±2.2 points)89.9% (±0.2 points)91.0%
Median age of residents38.1 years (±6.7)43.0 years (±0.5)38.1 years (±0.2)38.9 years

Franklin Township (Harrison County) covers 34.4 square miles of land, about 121 residents per square mile (Census Bureau Gazetteer).

How Franklin Township (Harrison County) has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Residents4,155 (±25)4,174 (±21)+0.5%Not a measurable change
Housing units1,538 (±138)1,579 (±194)+2.7%Not a measurable change
Median gross rent$864 (±$247)$785 (±$216)−9.1%No measurable change after inflation
Median home value$170,200 (±$10,528)$258,000 (±$18,774)+51.6%Up after inflation
Median household income$80,679 (±$17,022)$95,686 (±$9,216)+18.6%No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage$1,187 (±$190)$1,629 (±$97)+37.2%No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes$1,107 (±$149)$1,359 (±$110)+22.8%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent10.2% (±4.3 points)9.7% (±5.1 points)−0.5 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate8.3% (±10.4 points)7.3% (±9.0 points)−1.0 percentage pointsNot a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Crime reported to police in Harrison County

Franklin Township (Harrison County) has no police department of its own in the FBI’s figures, so this is the figure for Harrison County as a whole.

In 2025, the police departments that report for Harrison County recorded 176 violent and 254 property crimes per 100,000 residents.

A county-wide figure describes the whole county, not this place; crime varies from one community to the next.

ZIP codes in Franklin Township (Harrison County)

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas that cover this place (2020–2024 estimates)
ZIP codeShare of the ZIP’s land in this placeResidentsMedian gross rentMedian home valueMedian household income
4713654%4,756$965$260,600$91,333
4712212%11,357$982$284,300$107,500

A ZIP code is a mail route rather than a boundary, so the Census Bureau publishes figures for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas built from census blocks; the share column says how much of each one’s land lies in this place.

Places near Franklin Township (Harrison County)

Nearest places with Census figures, by straight-line distance
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentMedian home valueHouseholds that rent
Lanesville1.4 mi$975$220,60023.3%
Crandall4.9 mi$846$168,80034.2%
Georgetown5.1 mi$980$302,30016.8%
New Middletown5.3 mi$950$110,00036.8%
Franklin Township (Floyd County)5.4 mi$791$250,6005.4%
Georgetown Township5.5 mi$982$284,60012.0%
Jackson Township (Harrison County)6.1 mi$852$228,70011.3%
Corydon6.6 mi$959$144,60038.1%

Places in Indiana most like Franklin Township (Harrison County)

PlaceMedian gross rentMedian home valueMedian household incomeHouseholds that rent
Kelso Township$838$268,000$97,72111.0%
Pleasant Township (Porter County)$748$251,400$87,3899.6%
Lagro Township$878$226,000$82,3948.9%
Franklin Township (Hendricks County)$873$247,400$104,5003.5%
Green Township (Noble County)$816$296,800$89,79211.3%
Jackson Township (Hamilton County)$940$282,200$84,91315.5%

Matched on rent, home value, income, the share who rent, the age of the homes, the share in apartment buildings and the commute, each measured against the spread across Indiana.

HUD Fair Market Rent for Franklin Township (Harrison County), fiscal year 2027

Louisville, KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area, dollars a month
Studio1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms4 bedrooms
$976$1,058$1,276$1,629$1,874

HUD also publishes a Small Area Fair Market Rent for each ZIP code in the area; the Fair Market Rent page for this place lists its ZIP codes.

HUD income limits for Franklin Township (Harrison County), fiscal year 2026

Louisville, KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area, annual household income
Household sizeExtremely low (30%)Very low (50%)Low (80%)
1 person$20,800$34,650$55,450
2 people$23,800$39,600$63,400
3 people$27,320$44,550$71,300
4 people$33,000$49,500$79,200
5 people$38,680$53,500$85,550
6 people$44,360$57,450$91,900
7 people$50,040$61,400$98,250
8 people$55,720$65,350$104,550

These are the limits HUD sets for its housing programs in the Louisville, KY-IN HUD Metro FMR Area, where HUD’s median family income for fiscal year 2026 is $99,000.

A program can use its own limits; tax-credit and local programs often do.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Franklin Township (Harrison County)

What is the average rent in Franklin Township (Harrison County), IN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Franklin Township (Harrison County) is $785 (±$216) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

What is the median household income in Franklin Township (Harrison County)?

The median household income in Franklin Township (Harrison County) is $95,686 (±$9,216) a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the average home value in Franklin Township (Harrison County), IN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $258,000 (±$18,774) for owner-occupied homes in Franklin Township (Harrison County) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the average mortgage payment in Franklin Township (Harrison County)?

The Census Bureau publishes total owner costs rather than the mortgage alone: the median for owners with a mortgage in Franklin Township (Harrison County), IN is $1,629 (±$97) a month, including taxes, insurance and utilities.

How much are property taxes in Franklin Township (Harrison County)?

The median real estate tax paid by homeowners in Franklin Township (Harrison County), IN is $1,359 (±$110) a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

How many homes are in Franklin Township (Harrison County)?

Franklin Township (Harrison County), IN has an estimated 1,579 (±194) housing units, occupied and vacant (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is Franklin Township (Harrison County) growing?

In Franklin Township (Harrison County), the number of residents went from 4,155 in 2015–2019 to 4,174 in 2020–2024 (+0.5%), not a measurable change.

What ZIP codes are in Franklin Township (Harrison County)?

The ZIP codes that cover Franklin Township (Harrison County) are 47136, 47122.

What is the median rent in ZIP code 47136?

The median gross rent in ZIP Code Tabulation Area 47136 is $965 (±$160) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Franklin township, Harrison County, Indiana (county subdivision:25396, in state:18 county:061).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B01003_001E, B01003_001M, B25064_001E, B25064_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP05_0001E, DP05_0001M, DP04_0001E, DP04_0001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP03_0062E, DP03_0062M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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