Franklin, Ohio.
Typical home $266,590 (+2.4% in a year), asking rent $1,302 . Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro.
Property tax and schools in Franklin
Franklin’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Franklin is in Warren County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in 2 school districts: Carlisle Local and Franklin City. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$804 (+135%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,336 +2%
- $260,254$266,590 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $64,629 +32%
- $201,961$266,590 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Franklin$1,399
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Franklin, OH rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio
Franklin is a city of 11,690 people in Warren County. Half its households earn more than $58,587 a year and half less, against $110,132 across Warren County; 22% of its people live below the poverty line. 61% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 39% are rented. Unemployment in Warren County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Franklin is a small city in Warren County, Ohio, with a younger population than many towns its size. Incomes here run well below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than you might expect given the county around it. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and rents are lower than in many parts of the country. Relatively few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Franklin City Schools, Walmart and Forvia are among the largest workplaces in town. Unemployment across Warren County has come down over the past year, and the county has added jobs. A typical commute is of moderate length, and a small share of people work from home.
Things to do. The nearest big draws are a longer drive away. Kings Island is an amusement park, and the National Museum of the United States Air Force is a large museum of flight. Fort Ancient is a park for those who prefer to be outdoors. Winters here are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
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- 4,749households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Warren County had 102,347 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 64°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Franklin weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Franklin
- Walmart Association564
- Burrowns Paper Company545
- Franklin City School District469
- Faurecia410
- Crown Services331
- Staffmark Investments303
- GFR holdingsa247
- Atlas Roofing238
From the City of Franklin’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “City of Franklin Tax Department”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Franklin’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Warren County and the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro.
Franklin home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Franklin$266,590
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Franklin listings, and the typical home goes pending in 8 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Franklin33.64%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Franklin8
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Franklin74
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Franklin30
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Franklin$232,791
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Franklin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Franklin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.