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Housing in Martin

A typical Martin home is worth roughly $179,000

Typical home value
$179K
LA $217K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$682
LA $1,180

What kind of housing town is Martin?

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
$243,000
Typical Martin home $179K

That covers a typical Martin home, with $64K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,000
Loan $890Tax $60Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $70 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Martin’s typical property tax (0.38% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

1 of Martin’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Martin’s homes were built before 1978.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Louisiana: 67% own.

1978
typical home built · LA 1983
$682
median property tax bill · LA $1,180
0.38%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · LA 0.55%
Historic houses in Martin

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,150
4 bedrooms$1,310
7%
of households rent · LA 33%

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.

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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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