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Housing in Lawtell

Homes in Lawtell

Home prices around Lawtell have risen about 24% over the past 5 years.

2-bedroom rent
$850
a month, utilities in · HUD
Price trend

Home prices up 24% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Lawtell rose 24% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Louisiana. Last year prices rose 5.1%.

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+5.1%
past year
+24%
past 5 years
+31%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lawtell, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $850

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$660
2 bedrooms$850
3 bedrooms$1,080
4 bedrooms$1,250
16%
of households rent · LA 33%
91
renter households
42%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · LA 55%

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

The homes

84% of Lawtell households own their home

Half of Lawtell’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 84%Rent 16%

Louisiana: 67% own.

1983
typical home built · LA 1983

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

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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. 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.

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