Town · West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

St. Francisville, Louisiana

St. Francisville is a town in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, part of the Baton Rouge, LA metro area. It has 1,805 residents. St. Francisville, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,744 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #55 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), preventable hospital stays (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on child poverty rate (high), voter turnout (low) and injury deaths (high).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,744 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #55 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,805 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 988.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2267215

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety43#8,876/15,637
Economy30#10,882/15,631
Housing25#11,256/14,977
Health33#10,505/15,609
Healthcare30#10,882/15,650
Environment37#9,695/15,453
Education62#5,901/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,541/15,650
Community2#15,276/15,651
Leisure & amenities37#9,844/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where St. Francisville, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “West Feliciana Parish value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Property crime rate · low92 /100k
100/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWest Feliciana Parish value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,003 /100k
99/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWest Feliciana Parish value
Students per teacher · low9.4×
99/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWest Feliciana Parish value
Job growth · high5.9%
99/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWest Feliciana Parish value
Time spent in the emergency room · low97 min
97/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWest Feliciana Parish value
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
92/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high44.9%
2/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Voter turnout · low47.4%
3/100Louisiana 59.2%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionWest Feliciana Parish value
Injury deaths · high150 /100k
3/100Louisiana 121 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWest Feliciana Parish value
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
6/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWest Feliciana Parish value
Poverty rate · high27.0%
6/100Louisiana 18.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Homicide rate · high11.5 /100k
6/100Louisiana 11.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataWest Feliciana Parish value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,964 (2015-2019) → 1,805 (2020-2024)
−8.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
11.8% (2015-2019) → 44.9% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.4% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
14.8% (2015-2019) → 27.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
22.6% (2015-2019) → 30.1% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
12.2% (2015-2019) → 4.7% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, St. Francisville, Louisiana improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+20 points64.4% → 84.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of St. Francisville, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.3 min2015-2019	22.8 min2020-2024	−3.5 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Broadband subscriptions	64.4%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.46%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	93.4%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.4212020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$53,8642015-2019	$57,1052020-2024	+6%	Within the margin of error	12%
Poverty rate	14.8%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Rent as share of income	29.8%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent-burdened households	49.6%2015-2019	48.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like St. Francisville, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. Francisville, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, St. Francisville, Louisiana itself moved +0.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,805 residents (±472)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−6.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,805 residents (±472)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White55%†1,001
Black39%†702
Hispanic or Latino4.0%†

Education

950 residents (±254)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma11%†106
High school or GED28%†263
Some college20%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

624 households (±156)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k16%†99
$25k–50k21%†134
$50k–75k23%†141
$75k–100k20%†127
$100k–150k14%†85
$150k–200k1.8%†11
$200k or more4.3%†27

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

624 households (±156)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own59%†368
Rent41%†256

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

241 households (±103)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75019%†46
$750–1,00012%†28
$1,000–1,50068%†164

Home values

368 homes (±115)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k3.8%†14
$150k–250k38%†138
$250k–400k31%†

Age of homes

809 homes (±174)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later1.9%†15
2000–200916%†132
1980–199918%†149

Size of homes

809 homes (±174)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom10%†81
2 bedrooms25%†200

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

585 workers (±178)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone72%423
Carpool11%†63
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%†82
Other2.9%†17

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

503 workers (±149)

St. Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min37%†186
15–29 min32%†162
30–44 min13%†66

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Baton Rouge, LA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of West Feliciana Parish, the county holding most of St. Francisville's residents.

West Feliciana Parish has 209 employer establishments, 137 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.58× Louisiana's), with 3,202 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,400. The Census Bureau also counts 945 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 209; 945 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 137; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 3,202
Average annual pay: $72,400; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of West Feliciana Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	19	12.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	567	$18,644	6
Ambulatory health care services	16	10.5	0.50×Fewer than typical	144	$45,451	42
Lessors of real estate	15	9.8	0.80×Fewer than typical	21	$35,857	114
Specialty trade contractors	12	7.8	0.51×Fewer than typical	38	$57,263	71
Full-service restaurants	11	7.2	0.94×About typical	429	$20,529	—
Religious organizations	9	5.9	1.06×Too few to compare	84	$21,262	—
Limited-service restaurants	8	5.2	0.65×Too few to compare	138	$12,783	—
Building equipment contractors	6	3.9	0.65×Too few to compare	17	$51,941	19
Construction of buildings	6	3.9	0.52×Too few to compare	23	$76,739	24
Legal services	6	3.9	0.73×Too few to compare	9	$59,778	18
Offices of dentists	6	3.9	0.97×Too few to compare	52	$53,404	—
Offices of physicians	6	3.9	0.61×Too few to compare	70	$38,557	14

Rank places for an industry Open West Feliciana Parish

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,311 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: St. Francisville is mostly in West Feliciana Parish.

See federal money in West Feliciana Parish

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

St. Francisville, Louisiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Julia LetlowR-LA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 5.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

West Feliciana Parish28100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Baton Rouge, LA33

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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