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Franklin, TN vs Solon, IA

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Highlights
- Household income in Solon, is 1% less than it is in Franklin and is 32% above the National Average.
- Franklin unemployment rate is 3.1%.
- Solon unemployment rate is 3.7%.
 Franklin, TNSolon, IAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth53.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock7.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$51,811  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$101,250$69,021
 Family Median Income$123,661  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Franklin, TNSolon, IAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock4.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock2.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.8%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock13.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock28.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K12.0%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock5.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Franklin, TNSolon, IAUnited States
 Management, business, finance26.4%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.6%6.5%
 Community, social services1.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock2.1%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock10.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.2%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock5.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.1%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.3%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock5.4%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 Solon    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

This is a really nice town. It has everything a small town should have including a local brewery run by Jeff and Sal, and wonderful methodist church with a fantastic  More

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