Columbia, LA housing market
The typical Columbia home is worth about $136,000, up 7.8% in a year, 38% below the Louisiana typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Columbia compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Columbia at a glance
Typical home value, 2023–2026
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| January | Columbia | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $124,000 | $215,000 |
| 2025 | $123,000 | $215,000 |
| 2026 | $132,000 | $214,000 |
| August 2026 | $136,000 | $217,000 |
No new homes permitted in 2009
No permits for new homes were issued in Columbia in 2009 or in any year since 2000.
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| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Columbia's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2009, so the 2009 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Columbia is $900 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Columbia pay a median of $872.
Studio $690 · 4 bedrooms $1,250
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (71418; Monroe, LA HUD Metro FMR Area), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.