Franklin County, Kansas

• Income near the national median: Median household income tracks the national median, indicating a broad-based consumer market.
• Cost of living stretches income further: Local prices run 9.9% below the national average, so the nominal median of $77,207 is worth $85,690 at national average prices. BEA publishes price parity at state level, not county level.
• Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 11.1 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.

• Largest private-sector industry: Transportation and Warehousing employs 2,106 workers (33.4% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $67,720. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 1,581 and is counted separately.
• Economic scale: Regional GDP of $1.2B (2024).
• Wage stratification: Construction averages $72,795 while Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation averages $15,581, a 4.7x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Truck Transportation concentrates at 5.10x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.
• Cluster depth: 10 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 33.5% of the employment across them, the largest being resident household spending. Demand reaches this base from more than one market rather than from a single one.

• Affordable market: Home value to income ratio of 2.6x is well below the ~4.1x national average; supports talent attraction and family settlement narratives.
• High home ownership: 72.2% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Affordable rent tiers: 4 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes sit below what a household on the median renter income of $49,688 can pay without cost burden (~$1,242/mo), and 38.4% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened.

• Succession risk is real: 24.1% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Healthy participation: 66.1% labor force participation reflects a steady, available local workforce.
• Talent pipeline: 1 institution in Franklin County awards 168 credentials a year. Employers drawing from a wider labor shed should read this alongside institutions outside the county, which this page does not aggregate.

Franklin County shows strong potential for truck transportation attraction, with a 5.10x concentration and 480 jobs in this sub-sector. It ranks in the top decile nationally. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 24.1% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

The concentrated base spans truck transportation, oil and gas extraction, and fabricated metal product manufacturing, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 33.5% of the employment across them, the largest being resident household spending. Supply-chain recruitment has more than one demand base to work from.