St. James, LA housing market
The typical St. James home is worth about $162,000, up 9.1% in a year, 25% below the Louisiana typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how St. James compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
St. James at a glance
Typical home value, 2020–2026
Show as a table
| January | St. James | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $156,000 | $208,000 |
| 2022 | $167,000 | $219,000 |
| 2023 | $174,000 | $221,000 |
| 2024 | $159,000 | $215,000 |
| 2025 | $159,000 | $215,000 |
| 2026 | $150,000 | $214,000 |
| August 2026 | $162,000 | $217,000 |
St. James and its neighbors
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James | $162K | +9.1% | $880 | — |
| Convent | $128K | +5.4% | $1,240 | — |
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in St. James is $880 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $640 · 4 bedrooms $1,320
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (70086; St. James Parish, LA HUD Metro FMR Area), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.