Franklin Parish vs Richland Parish

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

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

Richland Parish has the higher population (19,908 vs 19,590 in Franklin Parish). Richland Parish has the higher median household income ($52,960 vs $44,103 in Franklin Parish). Richland Parish has the higher median home value ($124,500 vs $117,200 in Franklin Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
Population	19,590	19,908
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,103	$52,960
Median home value	$117,200	$124,500
Median gross rent	$719	$836
Housing units	8,937	8,698
Homeownership rate	73.7%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
Population	20,238 → 19,590 (-3.2%)	20,350 → 19,908 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$35,282 → $44,103 (+25.0%)	$34,029 → $52,960 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $117,200 (+33.2%)	$91,900 → $124,500 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $719 (+22.5%)	$611 → $836 (+36.8%)

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

Richland Parish

Population

20,35019,908

Median household income

$34,029$52,960

Median home value

$91,900$124,500

Median gross rent

$611$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
Under 5	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.1%
75 and over	7.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	60.2%
Black or African American	28.7%	36.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
No high school diploma	21.5%	20.5%
High school graduate	41.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
Drove alone	80.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	11.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.0%
Other means	4.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
1-unit, detached	75.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Parish	Richland Parish
Poverty rate	25.6%	23.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1979