Franklin Parish vs Pointe Coupee Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin Parish and Pointe Coupee Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Franklin Parish and Pointe Coupee Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pointe Coupee Parish has the higher population (20,438 vs 19,590 in Franklin Parish). Pointe Coupee Parish has the higher median household income ($59,351 vs $44,103 in Franklin Parish). Pointe Coupee Parish has the higher median home value ($174,500 vs $117,200 in Franklin Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Population	19,590	20,438
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,103	$59,351
Median home value	$117,200	$174,500
Median gross rent	$719	$794
Housing units	8,937	11,044
Homeownership rate	73.7%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Population	20,238 → 19,590 (-3.2%)	22,016 → 20,438 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$35,282 → $44,103 (+25.0%)	$41,480 → $59,351 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $117,200 (+33.2%)	$142,600 → $174,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $719 (+22.5%)	$833 → $794 (-4.7%)

Franklin Parish

Population

20,23819,590

Median household income

$35,282$44,103

Median home value

$88,000$117,200

Median gross rent

$587$719

Pointe Coupee Parish

Population

22,01620,438

Median household income

$41,480$59,351

Median home value

$142,600$174,500

Median gross rent

$833$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.0%
75 and over	7.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	59.7%
Black or African American	28.7%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
No high school diploma	21.5%	18.5%
High school graduate	41.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Drove alone	80.1%	88.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.8%
Other means	4.4%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
1-unit, detached	75.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Poverty rate	25.6%	17.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1977	1985