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Housing in Urania

A typical Urania home is worth roughly $94,000

Typical home value
$94K
LA $217K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$840
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$199
LA $1,180

What kind of housing town is Urania?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$202,000
Typical Urania home $94K

That covers a typical Urania home, with $108K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$510
Loan $470Tax $20Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $840 a month here, $330 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Urania’s typical property tax (0.21% 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 $840

Renters already here pay a median of $950.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$660
2 bedrooms$840
3 bedrooms$1,080
4 bedrooms$1,390
16%
of households rent · LA 33%
27
renter households
48%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · LA 55%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$950
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (La Salle 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

85% of Urania households own their home

Half of Urania’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 16%

Louisiana: 67% own.

1969
typical home built · LA 1983
$199
median property tax bill · LA $1,180
0.21%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · LA 0.55%

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. 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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