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Housing in Charenton

A typical Charenton home is worth roughly $122,000

Typical home value
$122K
LA $217K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$722
LA $1,180

What kind of housing town is Charenton?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

Less than across Louisiana (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$256,000
Typical Charenton home $122K

That covers a typical Charenton home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$700
Loan $610Tax $60Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $260 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Charenton’s typical property tax (0.59% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

1 of Charenton’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Charenton’s homes were built before 1995.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 78%Rent 23%

Louisiana: 67% own.

1995
typical home built · LA 1983
$722
median property tax bill · LA $1,180
0.59%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · LA 0.55%
6%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Charenton

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $960

Renters already here pay a median of $1,052.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,530
23%
of households rent · LA 33%
111
renter households
14%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · LA 55%
18%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,052
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Iberia Parish, LA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Charenton vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Charenton. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Charenton$122K*—$960—$63,463
Baldwin$129K*—$1,0000$31,669

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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