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Housing in Coushatta

A typical Coushatta home is worth roughly $96,000

No new homes were permitted in 2012.

Typical home value
$96K
LA $217K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$199
LA $1,180

What kind of housing town is Coushatta?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$134,000
Typical Coushatta home $96K

That covers a typical Coushatta home, with $37K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$520
Loan $480Tax $20Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $410 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Coushatta’s typical property tax (0.21% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Renters already here pay a median of $474, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,150
4 bedrooms$1,310
59%
of households rent · LA 33%
344
renter households
46%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · LA 55%
36%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$474
median rent paid today · Census

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.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2012

No permits for new homes were issued in Coushatta in 2012. The last year with any was 2008 (1 new home).

Single-family
012345 200020052010
0
new homes permitted in 2012
1
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008110$100,000
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002550$285,000
2001000—
2000000—

Coushatta'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.

The homes

41% of Coushatta households own their home

Half of Coushatta’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 41%Rent 59%

Louisiana: 67% own.

1975
typical home built · LA 1983
$199
median property tax bill · LA $1,180
0.21%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · LA 0.55%
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Coushatta vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2012Median income
Coushatta$96K*—$9300$31,250
Edgefield——$9300$53,125

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. 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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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