Best Places to Invest in Louisiana Real Estate
168 Louisiana markets ranked from our sold history and per-listing investment modeling. Tap a city for its cap rate, cash flow and price detail — then sign up to see the actual cash-flowing listings.
| City | Median price | Cap rate | Cash flow/mo | Appreciation YoY | Sold (12mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | $320,000 | 4.4% | $-469 | +3.8% | 3,754 |
| Baton Rouge | $260,000 | 4.1% | $-473 | +5.5% | 2,780 |
| Shreveport | $199,900 | 5.2% | $-167 | +1.8% | 2,057 |
| Lafayette | $244,000 | 4.9% | $-305 | +2.8% | 1,764 |
| Metairie | $335,000 | 3.7% | $-617 | -0.5% | 1,400 |
| Denham Springs | $247,700 | 4.5% | $-374 | +2.7% | 1,302 |
| Covington | $330,000 | 3.8% | $-697 | +3.6% | 1,166 |
| Slidell | $228,000 | 6.0% | $-64 | -3.6% | 1,125 |
| Bossier City | $265,235 | 4.8% | $-337 | +0.7% | 1,024 |
| Lake Charles | $228,000 | 4.2% | $-432 | +3.2% | 691 |
| Mandeville | $390,000 | 3.8% | $-821 | +0.6% | 689 |
| Prairieville | $329,700 | 4.5% | $-547 | +1.4% | 682 |
| Gonzales | $290,060 | 4.6% | $-462 | +1.2% | 638 |
| Youngsville | $292,598 | 4.8% | $-358 | -1.3% | 634 |
| Ponchatoula | $260,000 | 5.5% | $-184 | -1.3% | 561 |
| Zachary | $275,000 | 5.1% | $-284 | +0.7% | 506 |
| $242,000 | 7.9% | $625 | +2.6% | 493 | |
| Hammond | $240,360 | 4.6% | $-368 | +0.0% | 462 |
| Houma | $199,000 | 3.6% | $-531 | -10.0% | 435 |
| New Iberia | $170,000 | 5.9% | $-59 | +0.0% | 429 |
| Kenner | $258,000 | 5.4% | $-185 | -2.0% | 413 |
| Thibodaux | $232,500 | 3.9% | $-524 | -0.7% | 407 |
| Madisonville | $368,000 | 4.5% | $-625 | +1.6% | 399 |
| Broussard | $285,579 | 4.7% | $-400 | -1.2% | 382 |
| Central | $305,000 | 4.0% | $-582 | +4.5% | 377 |
| Monroe | $225,000 | 4.9% | $-281 | +1.6% | 355 |
| Carencro | $219,000 | 5.1% | $-222 | +0.4% | 309 |
| Walker | $238,500 | 4.2% | $-421 | +1.9% | 266 |
| Benton | $338,685 | 3.3% | $-902 | -0.6% | 250 |
| West Monroe | $265,000 | 4.2% | $-423 | +4.9% | 245 |
| Marrero | $210,000 | 6.3% | $3 | +0.7% | 245 |
| Alexandria | $177,000 | 4.8% | $-243 | +4.8% | 237 |
| Chalmette | $222,000 | 5.6% | $-156 | +2.1% | 231 |
| Duson | $222,949 | 5.0% | $-246 | +3.7% | 218 |
| Sulphur | $190,000 | 8.5% | $296 | +5.0% | 218 |
| Breaux Bridge | $170,000 | 3.6% | $-521 | -2.0% | 215 |
| Opelousas | $139,500 | 3.9% | $-370 | +0.0% | 210 |
| Gardere | $288,500 | 4.7% | $-349 | +0.3% | 206 |
| Laplace | $205,000 | 5.3% | $-154 | +0.0% | 205 |
| Lacombe | $243,875 | 4.1% | $-499 | +0.0% | 197 |
| Pineville | $200,000 | 3.9% | $-453 | +9.3% | 195 |
| Shenandoah | $315,000 | 4.6% | $-487 | -3.5% | 192 |
| Maurice | $243,000 | 5.9% | $-84 | +2.1% | 191 |
| Baker | $206,450 | 4.1% | $-449 | +18.6% | 182 |
| Bayou Cane | $183,400 | 3.5% | $-455 | +0.4% | 179 |
| Luling | $351,750 | 3.9% | $-743 | +7.5% | 175 |
| Harvey | $230,000 | 5.0% | $-270 | +7.6% | 165 |
| Terrytown | $240,000 | 4.5% | $-337 | +0.0% | 164 |
| Minden | $168,750 | 4.3% | $-299 | -7.0% | 162 |
| Haughton | $246,620 | 5.4% | $-197 | +0.6% | 160 |
| Ruston | $252,000 | 3.2% | $-727 | +0.7% | 159 |
| Livingston | $203,850 | 3.0% | $-943 | +3.9% | 157 |
| Franklinton | $155,000 | 4.4% | $-362 | +16.9% | 154 |
| Scott | $235,395 | 5.1% | $-248 | +4.3% | 152 |
| Pearl River | $264,900 | 4.0% | $-576 | +2.0% | 149 |
| Abbeville | $139,500 | 6.1% | $-15 | +0.0% | 144 |
| Abita Springs | $288,000 | 3.2% | $-889 | +2.8% | 142 |
| Belle Chasse | $377,500 | 4.4% | $-625 | -0.6% | 141 |
| Estelle | $240,500 | 5.8% | $-116 | +2.6% | 141 |
| Gretna | $252,500 | 5.3% | $-266 | -0.7% | 140 |
| Oak Hills Place | $449,950 | 2.6% | $-1,320 | +6.6% | 134 |
| Eden Isle | $331,000 | 2.8% | $-946 | -6.2% | 128 |
| Jefferson | $250,000 | 5.0% | $-310 | -1.5% | 128 |
| Geismar | $372,400 | 4.2% | $-632 | -2.5% | 126 |
| Red Chute | $264,750 | 5.6% | $-165 | -2.7% | 126 |
| Stonewall | $372,415 | 1.2% | $-1,555 | +4.1% | 123 |
| River Ridge | $332,500 | 4.2% | $-584 | +0.0% | 122 |
| Port Allen | $240,360 | 3.3% | $-548 | +2.6% | 121 |
| Leesville | $235,000 | 5.5% | $-123 | +4.2% | 119 |
| Claiborne | $235,000 | 4.0% | $-571 | +3.6% | 119 |
| Old Jefferson | $259,750 | 4.6% | $-339 | +5.8% | 116 |
| Keithville | $195,000 | 5.2% | $-161 | -6.0% | 113 |
| Bayou Blue | $228,000 | 3.4% | $-548 | -1.3% | 109 |
| Harahan | $325,000 | 4.5% | $-493 | -2.7% | 109 |
| Bogalusa | $125,000 | 7.1% | $109 | -11.4% | 107 |
| Rayne | $172,000 | 5.4% | $-131 | +11.1% | 105 |
| Crowley | $154,500 | 3.2% | $-409 | -3.1% | 104 |
| Destrehan | $290,000 | 4.3% | $-455 | +2.0% | 104 |
| Addis | $285,965 | 5.4% | $-206 | +1.3% | 103 |
| Eunice | $116,750 | 3.8% | $-261 | +4.3% | 100 |
| Village St. George | $260,000 | 4.5% | $-475 | +0.0% | 99 |
| St. Gabriel | $329,999 | 4.5% | $-418 | +0.8% | 99 |
| Plaquemine | $185,000 | 5.4% | $-175 | -2.3% | 97 |
| DeRidder | $193,500 | 4.7% | $-260 | +0.4% | 96 |
| Moss Bluff | $275,000 | 3.8% | $-528 | +1.1% | 95 |
| Folsom | $305,000 | 2.9% | $-1,248 | +2.8% | 93 |
| Jennings | $165,000 | 5.9% | $-57 | +11.1% | 93 |
| Natchitoches | $230,500 | 3.3% | $-617 | +27.3% | 86 |
| Schriever | $228,000 | 4.5% | $-332 | +2.1% | 85 |
| Gray | $276,646 | 3.4% | $-636 | +0.3% | 85 |
| Tickfaw | $221,900 | 4.3% | $-391 | +0.6% | 83 |
| Arabi | $234,700 | 5.4% | $-194 | +2.2% | 83 |
| Waggaman | $198,000 | 6.6% | $43 | -8.8% | 81 |
| Blanchard | $244,900 | 3.4% | $-595 | +0.6% | 81 |
| Sunset | $220,700 | 2.1% | $-796 | +5.1% | 80 |
| Saint Amant | $257,500 | 2.3% | $-992 | -4.6% | 80 |
| Springfield | $223,500 | 2.8% | $-1,023 | +7.6% | 80 |
| Grand Isle | $199,000 | 1.5% | $-1,510 | -26.2% | 79 |
| Jackson | $225,000 | 3.2% | $-747 | +8.5% | 79 |
| Iowa | $247,000 | 3.6% | $-530 | +0.7% | 78 |
| Eastwood | $278,480 | 2.8% | $-1,052 | -2.7% | 77 |
| Independence | $200,000 | 3.5% | $-512 | +26.8% | 76 |
| Deridder | $199,000 | 3.9% | $-465 | +4.2% | 75 |
| Ville Platte | $105,000 | 7.2% | $80 | -9.2% | 73 |
| Kaplan | $125,000 | 5.0% | $-185 | +6.8% | 73 |
| Inniswold | $377,450 | 2.9% | $-992 | +7.5% | 72 |
| Maurepas | $175,000 | 2.8% | $-979 | +6.9% | 71 |
| Westlake | $205,250 | 6.5% | $33 | -8.2% | 70 |
| St. Francisville | $405,000 | 2.3% | $-1,238 | +3.7% | 69 |
| Loranger | $252,000 | 3.8% | $-579 | +1.3% | 68 |
| Killian | $231,900 | 4.7% | $-309 | -8.9% | 67 |
| Raceland | $169,900 | 6.4% | $6 | +0.4% | 66 |
| Arnaudville | $122,500 | 5.4% | $-122 | +37.1% | 65 |
| Meraux | $225,000 | 5.1% | $-246 | -4.1% | 64 |
| Morgan City | $142,580 | 5.2% | $-172 | -17.5% | 64 |
| Woodmere | $220,000 | 7.1% | $145 | -6.7% | 63 |
| Calhoun | $251,000 | 4.5% | $-371 | -5.1% | 62 |
| Robert | $227,450 | 4.4% | $-375 | +2.7% | 58 |
| Ventress | $299,950 | 2.1% | $-1,421 | +17.9% | 58 |
| Avondale | $210,000 | 5.9% | $-53 | +0.9% | 57 |
| Bush | $270,000 | 2.0% | $-1,579 | +6.0% | 57 |
| Church Point | $152,500 | 2.9% | $-649 | +17.4% | 57 |
| Merrydale | $139,350 | 7.5% | $120 | -12.6% | 56 |
| New Roads | $320,000 | 4.5% | $-310 | +19.3% | 55 |
| Westwego | $159,000 | 6.8% | $84 | +2.1% | 55 |
| Brownfields | $179,900 | 5.5% | $-150 | -4.9% | 54 |
| Kentwood | $176,500 | 3.5% | $-606 | -3.6% | 51 |
| Clinton | $183,250 | 2.7% | $-928 | -8.0% | 50 |
| Lockport | $166,250 | 3.5% | $-593 | +14.8% | 50 |
| Springhill | $126,500 | 6.7% | $40 | -2.6% | 50 |
| Amite | $175,000 | 4.3% | $-381 | +11.3% | 50 |
| Chauvin | $65,700 | 1.3% | $-890 | -15.9% | 46 |
| Greenwood | $128,900 | 3.2% | $-613 | -2.0% | 45 |
| Farmerville | $235,000 | 4.3% | $-442 | +3.1% | 45 |
| Albany | $187,500 | 3.9% | $-507 | -3.7% | 45 |
| Princeton | $272,954 | 1.5% | $-981 | +50.0% | 44 |
| Galliano | $99,250 | 1.9% | $-558 | +54.5% | 44 |
| Prien | $301,000 | 5.2% | $-225 | +0.7% | 43 |
| Saint Martinville | $185,000 | 2.6% | $-772 | -3.7% | 43 |
| Franklin | $130,000 | 5.4% | $-98 | +6.8% | 43 |
| Timberlane | $218,850 | 5.2% | $-218 | -1.8% | 42 |
| Holden | $187,500 | 4.3% | $-370 | +13.0% | 42 |
| Lawtell | $162,500 | 4.0% | $-271 | -1.8% | 40 |
| Milton | $267,250 | 5.0% | $-316 | +10.8% | 40 |
| Dennis Mills | $272,358 | 4.4% | $-456 | +1.7% | 39 |
| Donaldsonville | $209,000 | 5.0% | $-261 | +19.1% | 39 |
| Sterlington | $262,500 | 5.2% | $-278 | +6.3% | 39 |
| Marksville | $142,500 | 5.1% | $-146 | +250.0% | 38 |
| Cankton | $117,000 | 3.5% | $-436 | +10.6% | 36 |
| Cut Off | $147,950 | 3.5% | $-390 | -0.6% | 36 |
| Westminster | $295,000 | 3.4% | $-772 | -2.6% | 36 |
| Violet | $168,000 | 6.9% | $83 | +6.4% | 35 |
| Monticello | $205,000 | 4.0% | $-415 | +5.0% | 35 |
| Slaughter | $255,000 | 3.9% | $-469 | -11.6% | 34 |
| Plain Dealing | $189,950 | 2.9% | $-676 | +50.0% | 34 |
| Pollock | $189,933 | 3.1% | $-624 | +29.9% | 33 |
| Mansfield | $145,000 | 3.4% | $-482 | +0.6% | 33 |
| Reserve | $145,000 | 6.8% | $57 | +5.5% | 33 |
| Deville | $185,000 | 2.7% | $-586 | +86.4% | 33 |
| Choudrant | $249,000 | 2.0% | $-1,241 | +0.6% | 32 |
| Amite City | $134,500 | 6.1% | $-52 | +29.8% | 32 |
| Anacoco | $215,000 | 5.5% | $-158 | +1.7% | 31 |
| Chackbay | $180,000 | 3.1% | $-937 | -6.8% | 31 |
| Welsh | $172,000 | 3.3% | $-425 | +16.8% | 31 |
| Larose | $154,900 | 1.8% | $-567 | +3.8% | 31 |
| Erath | $131,200 | 5.2% | $-136 | -6.1% | 31 |
| Sorrento | $265,000 | 2.2% | $-801 | -1.2% | 30 |
| Hahnville | $279,900 | 4.7% | $-422 | -1.9% | 30 |
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