Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Franklin Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Franklin Parish pays $351 a year, an effective rate of 0.31%, far below the U.S. average.
- $351
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.31%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -82%
- vs U.S. average
- #51 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Franklin Parish pay a median $351 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.31%, more affordable than 98% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $351
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.31%
- Effective rate on median home
- #75 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -82%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($113,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 19,408. Owner-occupied homes: 5,506.
The median annual property tax in Franklin Parish is $351, which is 70% lower than the Louisiana state average and 82% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.31% on a median home value of $113,000. Property taxes represent 0.7% of the median household income in this county.
Franklin Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Franklin Parish's 0.31% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 98% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Franklin Parish pay a median annual property tax of $351, far below the national median and far below the Louisiana state median. On a $113,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.31% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Franklin Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.7% of the $47,020 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Louisiana counties by effective rate
Franklin Parish ranks #51 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (20% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Franklin Parish as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Franklin Parish rose 30.5%, from $86,600 to $113,000. The effective rate fell 25.9% over the same span, a steeper move than in 94% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 3.3%, to $351. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $363 in 2020 to $351 in 2024, a fall of 3%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 2,297 of 5,506 homes (41.7%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 0.7% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Franklin Parish fell from $363 to $351, a change of -3.3%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Franklin Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Franklin Parish homeowners are not billed at all: 2,297 of 5,506 owner-occupied homes (41.7%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 40.7% (2,243)
- $800 to $1,499 10.8% (593)
- $1,500 to $1,999 1.3% (73)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.6% (196)
- $3,000 or more 1.9% (104)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,297 homes here (41.7%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Franklin Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Franklin Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+178%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Franklin Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Franklin Parish's effective rate is higher than 20% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #51 of 64.
Where Franklin Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.31% Among the most affordable more affordable than 98% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.31%, Franklin Parish sits in the lowest 2% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $351, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Franklin Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Franklin Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 0.7% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Franklin Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Franklin Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $351 -7.1% | 0.31% |
| 2023 | $378 +11.8% | 0.32% |
| 2022 | $338 -6.4% | 0.34% |
| 2021 | $361 -0.6% | 0.41% |
| 2020 | $363 | 0.42% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Franklin Parish: tax takes only 0.7% of income
Counties near Franklin Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Franklin Parish sits nearest Teton County (ID), Otero County (CO), Hinsdale County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pemiscot County (MO), Greer County (OK), Carroll County (MO).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Franklin Parish: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 7,800 returns from Franklin Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,750 - 30% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Franklin Parish rate FAQs
- How does Franklin Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Franklin Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.31% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Franklin Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Franklin Parish is $351, an effective rate of 0.31% on a $113,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Franklin Parish?
- Franklin Parish, Louisiana scores A (89/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at A+ (0.31%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Franklin Parish?
- Property taxes in Franklin Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.7% of the $47,020 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Franklin Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Franklin Parish eased 3.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $363 to $351, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Franklin Parish's QUIET rate
Franklin Parish's $351 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 0.7% of Franklin Parish's $47,020 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Franklin Parish's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.31%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $351/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Franklin Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Franklin Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Jackson Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $352/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.30% vs Franklin Parish 0.31%.
Lee County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $349/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.46% vs Franklin Parish 0.31%.
Fayette County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $355/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.28% vs Franklin Parish 0.31%.
Claiborne Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $356/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.43% vs Franklin Parish 0.31%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Franklin Parish stamps QUIET · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Franklin Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.