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Franklin, LA

6,461 Population
10 square miles 648.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,051 ±$3,017 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $28,265 ±$1,551
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,518 ±$3,847 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $52,576 ±$3,030
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.3% ±6.4% (1,730  ±403) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 20.8% † 9,809 (±2.6% / ±1,218)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±2.9 (49,120  ±9,075) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 23.2 414,510 (±1.9 / ±40,084)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,354 ±236 Number of households
  • the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 18,463 ±468
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (6,298  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 2.6 47,101 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±5.3% (123  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 4.9% † 495 (±1.6% / ±160)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,904 ±263 Number of housing units
  • the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 22,507 ±85
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,400 ±$10,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $138,900 ±$8,393
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±3.6% (601  ±227.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 10.9% † 5,137 (±2.1% / ±976)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.4% ±6.3% (3,178  ±348.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 80.3% 26,107 (±3.4% / ±1,093.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.9% ±2.6% (392  ±107.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 13.7% † 4,438 (±1.6% / ±515.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±1.4% (153  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 5% 2,369
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1.9% (243  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,852 (±0.9% / ±316)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
243 Total veterans ±89 220 Male ±84 23 Female ±24

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