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Housing in Mangham

A typical Mangham home is worth roughly $113,000

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$113K
LA $217K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$339
LA $1,180

What kind of housing town is Mangham?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about
$183,000
Typical Mangham home $113K

That covers a typical Mangham home, with $70K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$620
Loan $560Tax $30Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $380 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mangham’s typical property tax (0.30% 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 $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $636, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,420
25%
of households rent · LA 33%
76
renter households
$636
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

2 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Mangham in 2025, all in buildings with two or more homes. Over the past 10 years, Mangham has permitted 5 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
012 200020052010201520202025
2
new homes permitted in 2025
2
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
5
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−48
New homes+3

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Mangham's population fell by 48 even though 3 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Louisiana: 0.9 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)202$270,000
2025202$270,000
2024110$288,000
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017202$300,000
2016000—
2015110$100,000
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

75% of Mangham households own their home

Half of Mangham’s homes were built before 1968.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

Louisiana: 67% own.

1968
typical home built · LA 1983
$339
median property tax bill · LA $1,180
0.30%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · LA 0.55%

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. 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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