Scores by category

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

Safety16#13,078/15,637
Economy0#15,610/15,631
Housing33#10,004/14,977
Health2#15,368/15,609
Healthcare21#12,377/15,650
Environment31#10,665/15,453
Education5#14,893/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,837/15,650
Community10#14,151/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,032/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Winnsboro, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Franklin 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

Effective property tax rate · low0.12%
100/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Average commute time · low12.8 min
96/100Louisiana 25.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Property crime rate · low550 /100k
87/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationFranklin Parish value
Social associations · high13.5 /10k
84/100Louisiana 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin Parish value
Students per teacher · low12.2×
80/100Louisiana 13.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsFranklin Parish value
Pharmacies · high2.1 /10k
77/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin Parish value

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high61.8%
0/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Reading scores · low2.20
0/100Louisiana 2.74United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin Parish value
Mental health care shortage · high21.0
0/100Louisiana 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationFranklin Parish value
Average weekly wage · low$777
0/100Louisiana $1,213United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin Parish value
Frequent mental distress · high25.3%
0/100Louisiana 21.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high29.0%
0/100Louisiana 20.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
76.7% (2015-2019) → 39.2% (2020-2024)
−37 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 82.8% (2020-2024)
+32 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 26.2% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$19,688 (2015-2019) → $35,573 (2020-2024)
+81%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioImproving
4.2× (2015-2019) → 2.6× (2020-2024)
−39%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeImproving
17.7 min (2015-2019) → 12.8 min (2020-2024)
−28%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Winnsboro, Louisiana improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved4

Rent / income−25 points51.0% → 26.2%
Broadband+32 points51.0% → 82.8%
Rent burden−37 points76.7% → 39.2%
Household income+81%$19,688 → $35,573

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Winnsboro, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.7 min2015-2019	12.8 min2020-2024	−4.9 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Broadband subscriptions	51.0%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+32 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	58.2%2015-2019	61.8%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	24%
High school diploma or higher	70.4%2015-2019	70.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	−1.7×	Within the margin of error	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4852015-2019	0.5432020-2024	+0.058	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$19,6882015-2019	$35,5732020-2024	+81%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	43.7%2015-2019	43.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	51.0%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	−25 points	Improved	99%
Rent-burdened households	76.7%2015-2019	39.2%2020-2024	−37 points	Improved	99%

“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 Winnsboro, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winnsboro, 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, Winnsboro, Louisiana itself moved +24.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

4,725 residents (±25)

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: Under 10 men (−5.9 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

4,725 residents (±25)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White33%1,577
Black58%2,748
Hispanic or Latino1.6%†74

Education

2,627 residents (±214)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma30%†781
High school or GED34%887
Some college17%†444

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

1,653 households (±163)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k25%†406
$25k–50k47%†785
$50k–75k12%†202
$75k–100k4.4%†73
$100k–150k2.8%†46
$150k–200k5.5%†91
$200k or more3.0%†50

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−28.2 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 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

1,653 households (±163)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own41%†678
Rent59%975

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

947 households (±251)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75058%†549
$750–1,00010%†97
$1,000–1,50032%†301

Home values

678 homes (±226)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k84%†570
$150k–250k6.3%†43
$250k–400k9.6%†65

Age of homes

1,998 homes (±202)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later3.9%†77
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199924%†470

Size of homes

1,998 homes (±202)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio0.9%†18
1 bedroom10%†200
2 bedrooms20%†391

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

1,421 workers (±210)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone53%750
Carpool10%†147
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.7%†10
Bike0.0%0
Work from home20%†285
Other16%†229

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−36.1 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,136 workers (±245)

Winnsboro, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min67%†764
15–29 min12%†133
30–44 min21%†234

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

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 Franklin Parish, the county holding most of Winnsboro's residents.

Franklin Parish has 408 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Louisiana's), with 3,587 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,947. The Census Bureau also counts 1,613 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 408; 1,613 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 3,587
Average annual pay: $36,947; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	27	14	0.67×Fewer than typical	261	$49,130	45
Religious organizations	26	13.5	2.43×More than typical	167	$19,719	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	25	13	1.93×More than typical	36	$56,833	49
Gasoline stations	18	9.3	2.88×More than typical	112	$18,786	—
Restaurants and other eating places	18	9.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	306	$16,239	9
Specialty trade contractors	18	9.3	0.60×Fewer than typical	97	$30,773	106
Truck transportation	12	6.2	1.23×About typical	43	$44,651	82
General merchandise stores	11	5.7	3.23×More than typical	311	$28,672	—
Limited-service restaurants	11	5.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	227	$17,727	—
Banks and credit unions	10	5.2	1.61×More than typical	131	$63,908	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	4.7	0.93×Too few to compare	33	$27,182	44
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	4.7	1.06×Too few to compare	42	$34,095	24

Rank places for an industry Open Franklin Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,275 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Winnsboro, Louisiana: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

867.3FY2017
172FY2018
534.4FY2019
289.3FY2020
0FY2021

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Winnsboro, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Winnsboro is mostly in Franklin Parish.

See federal money in Franklin 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.

Winnsboro, 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.

Franklin Parish1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Franklin Parish

Largest first.

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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