A typical Clarence home is worth roughly $98,000
Home prices around Clarence have risen about 26% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2012.
What kind of housing town is Clarence?
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What it takes to buy in Clarence
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That covers a typical Clarence home, with $152K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $430 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Louisiana typical property tax (0.55% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 26% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Clarence rose 26% over the past 5 years, faster than across Louisiana (22%). Last year prices fell 1.6%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Clarence, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $990
Renters already here pay a median of $971.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Natchitoches Parish, LA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2012
No permits for new homes were issued in Clarence in 2012 or in any year since 2000.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Clarence's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2012, so the 2012 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
58% of Clarence households own their home
Half of Clarence’s homes were built before 1985.
Louisiana: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Neighbors talk housing
What Clarence buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.