Franklin vs Morgan City

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin and Morgan City: population, income, housing, and more.

Franklin and Morgan City are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morgan City has the higher population (11,208 vs 6,557 in Franklin). Morgan City has the higher median household income ($56,729 vs $46,278 in Franklin). Morgan City has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $98,200 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Morgan City
Population	6,557	11,208
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,278	$56,729
Median home value	$98,200	$146,100
Median gross rent	$861	$861
Housing units	3,103	5,354
Homeownership rate	58.1%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Morgan City
Population	6,960 → 6,557 (-5.8%)	11,206 → 11,208 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$40,094 → $46,278 (+15.4%)	$40,240 → $56,729 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $98,200 (+24.0%)	$132,400 → $146,100 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $861 (+15.7%)	$811 → $861 (+6.2%)

Franklin

Population

6,9606,557

Median household income

$40,094$46,278

Median home value

$79,200$98,200

Median gross rent

$744$861

Morgan City

Population

11,20611,208

Median household income

$40,240$56,729

Median home value

$132,400$146,100

Median gross rent

$811$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Morgan City
Under 5	7.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.9%
75 and over	7.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Morgan City
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	60.5%
Black or African American	46.1%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Morgan City
No high school diploma	17.2%	20.8%
High school graduate	50.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Morgan City
Drove alone	84.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Morgan City
1-unit, detached	74.7%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Morgan City
Poverty rate	28.9%	20.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1962	1968