Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With a population of 3,593, 1,373 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $186,290, house prices in Franklinton are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Franklinton, accounting for 70.02% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Franklinton include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 11.89%), mobile homes or trailers ( 11.11%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 5.58%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Franklinton are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 49.04% owning and 50.96% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Franklinton built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Franklinton built between 1940-1969 ( 30.93%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 15.41%). There's also some housing in Franklinton built before 1939 ( 10.83%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Franklinton. Fully 23.34% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Franklinton homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Franklinton real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Franklinton, where house values have increased just 50.95%, which is annualized rate of 4.20%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Franklinton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Franklinton's appreciation rate has been 2.04%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Franklinton were at -3.70%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -14.01%.
Notably, Franklinton's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Franklinton's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Franklinton differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Franklinton - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Franklinton real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$186,290
for Louisiana
for nation
1,373
$1,046 / per month