Zip lookup · LA

70538
Franklin, Louisiana.

Franklin, Saint Mary Parish, LA · Morgan City, LA metro · population 12,464

What it costs per month · 70538 $548/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$104 (+23%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $803 -1%
$105,264$104,461 since Sep 2025
5 years
Down $21,916 -17%
$126,377$104,461 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 70538 $548 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 70538$548
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.

Typical home values in zip 70538 fell 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Franklin, LA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $104,461 as of Sep 2026
-0.8%year on year

Typical home value — 70538

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 70538 $104,461 Morgan City $125,435 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 70538$104,461
  • Morgan City$125,435
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.