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Housing in Georgetown

A typical Georgetown home is worth roughly $69,000

Typical home value
$69K
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 Georgetown?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Georgetown

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You could afford about
$250,000
Typical Georgetown home $69K

That covers a typical Georgetown home, with $181K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$390
Loan $340Tax $30Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $540 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Renters already here pay a median of $720, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,430
20%
of households rent · LA 33%
24
renter households
$720
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

80% of Georgetown households own their home

Half of Georgetown’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Louisiana: 67% own.

1981
typical home built · LA 1983
$199
median property tax bill · LA $1,180
5%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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