East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Eviction Risk: Low

East Feliciana Parish carries an average eviction-risk score of 2.6/10 (Low), placing it at rank 42 of 64 Louisiana eviction laws parishes, meaning 41 parishes statewide are riskier and only 22 are considered more landlord-friendly. For investors sizing up this rural north-central Louisiana market, that middle-third positioning reflects a genuinely low-tension operating environment, though not the absolute calmest in the state. The parish's 5 cities account for a combined population of roughly 7,522, with average rents running around $911 per month and a renter share of 31.5%, giving landlords a small but real tenant pool to work with.

The intra-county score range is tight, from 2.4 to 2.8/10, which tells a useful story: no single city dramatically drags the parish into high-risk territory, and even the most challenging local market here would look relatively benign against the hardest parishes in Louisiana. Rent burden averages 30.1% of household income, a figure worth watching since it sits at the threshold where tenants begin to feel squeezed, but it has not translated into systemic eviction pressure at the parish level.

The cities inside East Feliciana Parish

Clinton leads the parish in both population concentration and risk, scoring 2.8/10 with 1,136 residents. The parish seat draws the most landlord activity and, correspondingly, the most friction. Wilson comes in second at 2.7/10 across its 838 residents, a small footprint but a slightly elevated profile compared to the county average. These two cities account for the upper end of the parish risk band and deserve closer scrutiny during due diligence, particularly around tenant-income stability.

Jackson, the largest city by population at 3,958, scores exactly at the parish average, 2.6/10, as does Slaughter (1,250 residents, 2.6/10). Norwood, the smallest community in the parish at 340 residents, posts the lowest score at 2.4/10, reflecting the quietest landlord-tenant dynamics in the county. The spread makes clear that risk is hyper-local even within a small rural parish: a landlord holding units in Clinton faces meaningfully different conditions than one operating in Norwood, despite both being within East Feliciana Parish boundaries.

State-level laws that apply here

Every property in East Feliciana Parish is governed by Louisiana state landlord-tenant law, primarily La. R.S. § 9:3251 et seq. (Louisiana Lease Law). For non-payment of rent or a lease violation, the required notice period is just 5 days. Ending a tenancy without cause on a month-to-month basis requires 30 days notice. Understanding the Louisiana eviction process matters here because timelines are relatively short on paper, but contested cases extend to 30 to 90 days even when uncontested resolution runs 14 to 30 days. Louisiana eviction costs can range widely: court filing fees fall between $170 and $300, sheriff lockout fees between $50 and $175, and attorney fees from $500 to $3,000 depending on complexity. Louisiana imposes no rent control and requires no just cause for non-renewal, and state law preempts any local attempt to impose rent caps, giving landlords full pricing flexibility across the parish.

With a poverty rate of 28.9% and renters making up 31.5% of occupied households, East Feliciana Parish's risk profile is shaped by economic fragility more than legal hostility; the city breakdown above shows where that pressure concentrates most.