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St. Francisville is a small town of 1,805 people in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It's about 28 miles from Baton Rouge, LA and 249 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 60°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $275k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,805people
$275kTypical home
$1,083/moRent
91° / 60°Summer / winter
0"Snow
253Sunny days
106Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,805
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 989 people per sq mi
- 249 mi to Houston, TX
- 28 mi to Baton Rouge, LA
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $275k (≈$1,734/mo)
- Median rent $1,083/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 60°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 72°F)
- 253 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 112 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 106 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (176 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (91 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 28
- 34% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to BTR airport
- 86 mi to MSY (major hub)
- 54 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 138 ft
- 70 mi to the ocean
- 59 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 55 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 10% of Louisiana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- West Feliciana Parish: R+32 in 2024
- Louisiana: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk