Best PlacesFranklin Parish, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Franklin Parish, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Franklin Parish ranks 3,057th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Franklin Parish
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Franklin Parish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Franklin Parish ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of counties
- QuietBetter than 80% of counties
- Cheap childcare$625 a month, better than 70% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 49% of counties
Where Franklin Parish ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of counties
- Household income$48,209 median, better than only 6% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Franklin Parish
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Franklin Parish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,209, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Franklin Parish's effective rate of 0.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Franklin Parish
Franklin Parish's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Franklin Parish.
Who works in Franklin Parish, and how
Work in Franklin Parish centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Franklin Parish
Franklin Parish has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Franklin Parish and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Franklin Parish growing, and who is moving in?
Franklin Parish has lost about 6% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Monroe, LA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Franklin Parish go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Franklin Parish, month by month
Franklin Parish sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Franklin Parish
The nearest airport, Monroe Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Franklin Parish
Schools across Franklin Parish average a D, better than 4% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Crowville SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
- Gilbert SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Baskin SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delhi Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin Parish High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Delhi High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Tensas High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Franklin Parish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Franklin Parish measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Franklin Parish against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Franklin Parish
Is Franklin Parish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Franklin Parish ranks 3,057th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and quiet, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Franklin Parish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $115,507. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $48,209 median income, cost of living beats 9% of counties.
Is Franklin Parish safe?
Franklin Parish is safer than 11% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $698 per resident a year.
Compare Franklin Parish with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Franklin Parish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Franklin Parish represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Franklin Parish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Franklin Parish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Franklin Parish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Franklin Parish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Franklin Parish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Franklin Parish detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.