2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Franklin, TN vs Waltham, MA

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Highlights
- Household income in Waltham, is 1% more than it is in Franklin and is 33% above the National Average.
- Franklin unemployment rate is 3.1%.
- Waltham unemployment rate is 5.9%.
 Franklin, TNWaltham, MAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.1%5.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.4%4.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth53.4%39.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.8%6.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%5.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$51,811$49,193$37,638
 Household Income$102,721$103,498$69,021
 Family Median Income$123,661$129,170$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Franklin, TNWaltham, MAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K3.5%6.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.9%2.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.8%5.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.3%5.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.5%5.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.8%4.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.3%6.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.0%12.1%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K20.4%21.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K12.0%12.2%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K18.6%18.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Franklin, TNWaltham, MAUnited States
 Management, business, finance26.4%20.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science10.5%14.7%6.5%
 Community, social services1.9%1.9%1.8%
 Legal1.9%0.7%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%9.4%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.6%2.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.3%4.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.3%3.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.9%1.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.3%3.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.2%3.3%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%3.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.1%18.5%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.3%5.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving4.9%6.0%13.1%
Reviews for Franklin    27 Reviews

After visiting here for a week in the summer, I fell in love with the city! Lots of my friends in Florida already moved here from New Port Richey and Wesley Chapel. I  More

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I've lived in Tennessee all my life. I have lived in west,east and middle Tennessee. By far this is the best place I have lived. We have been in Franklin for 8 years. It  More

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I love that this is a greatly diverse community with a large African American and Hispanic community around West Main St./Nachez (I'm addicted to Pueblo Real Mexican  More

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Reviews for Waltham    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

My husband and I moved from west of Worcester to Waltham a few months ago and are really enjoying life here. We're situated in an apartment close to Moody Street and  More

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Waltham is home to two well respected colleges/universities: Bentley and Brandeis. That, however, is not all. For within half an hour or so, by commuter train or car,  More

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