Franklin, New Hampshire

Franklin population, 2020 to 2024

Franklin added 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 13 New Hampshire places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +1.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Hampshire has 22,938 people, so Franklin is 38% of it.

Franklin covers 27.43 square miles of land and 1.74 of water, for 322 people per square mile of land. The median New Hampshire place of 5,000+ has 746, so Franklin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Franklin is in

All of Franklin's residents live in Merrimack County, which had 157,869 residents in 2024. Franklin holds 5.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Franklin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 03235. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Franklin is

The Census internal point of Franklin is at 43.453900, -71.669900. Concord, the capital, is 18.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Laconia, NH (17,310 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH, 34.4 miles away.

Daylight in Franklin

At 43.45° N, Franklin gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Franklin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Hampshire, measured between internal points. The closest is Laconia, 12.7 miles away, with 17,310 people.