A typical Leonville home is worth roughly $201,000
Home prices around Leonville have risen about 24% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2008.
What kind of housing town is Leonville?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
92% of Leonville households own their home
Half of Leonville’s homes were built before 1977.
Louisiana: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Home prices up 24% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Leonville rose 24% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Louisiana. Last year prices rose 2.5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Leonville home at roughly $201,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $201K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Leonville, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 4.7 years of income
More than across Louisiana (3.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $15K short of a typical Leonville home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $210 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Leonville’s typical property tax (0.20% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880
Renters already here pay a median of $693, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
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.
No new homes permitted in 2008
No permits for new homes were issued in Leonville in 2008 or in any year since 2002.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Leonville's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2008, so the 2008 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Leonville 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.