RANKING · 2024 ACS · 64 SHOWN OF 64

Most affordable housing, Louisiana counties

Louisiana counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 64 counties in Louisiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 2.9. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, up 34 places to #24.

Flip the list · Least affordable housing, US counties →

LouisianaAll states All rankings

SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

RELATEDMost expensive homes Cheapest homes Highest median rent Lowest median rent Highest homeownership rate Highest renter share

YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01▲4LaSalle Parish, LALA15,1541.7−1%

02▲18St. Helena Parish, LALA10,7581.8−29%

03▼1West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1561.9−7%

04▼3Caldwell Parish, LALA9,3442.0−7%

05▲4Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2232.0−2%

06▼3Winn Parish, LALA14,9612.2+6%

07▲7Grant Parish, LALA22,0752.2−1%

08▲2Allen Parish, LALA22,6722.2+1%

09▲18Tensas Parish, LALA3,7002.4−17%

10▲5Franklin Parish, LALA19,0022.4+10%

11Red River Parish, LALA7,1652.4+3%

12▼4Sabine Parish, LALA21,8342.4+9%

13▲24Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6732.5+21%

14▲19Claiborne Parish, LALA13,3542.5+15%

15▼11Jackson Parish, LALA15,8342.6+30%

16▲7Concordia Parish, LALA17,8362.6+14%

17▼11Union Parish, LALA20,5612.6+18%

18▲4Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,4712.6+21%

19▲19West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7562.6+15%

20▲5St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5522.6+13%

21▲8Richland Parish, LALA19,5822.7+12%

22▼15Cameron Parish, LALA4,7182.7+47%

23▼10Madison Parish, LALA8,8442.7+17%

24▲34Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5202.7+5%

25▼8Vernon Parish, LALA45,0912.7+10%

26▲9Webster Parish, LALA34,9482.8+30%

27▼1Bienville Parish, LALA12,2692.8+35%

28▼7Livingston Parish, LALA155,0362.9+30%

29▲14Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1632.9+19%

30▼18Iberia Parish, LALA66,8462.9+22%

31▲3St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,8752.9+36%

32▼4Assumption Parish, LALA19,7202.9+30%

33▼17Vermilion Parish, LALA57,6712.9+23%

34▼16St. Martin Parish, LALA51,1062.9+27%

35▲15Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9803.0+30%

36▼5Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7053.0+45%

37▼18East Carroll Parish, LALA6,7603.0+4%

38▼8Ascension Parish, LALA135,1053.1+38%

39Lafourche Parish, LALA95,5053.1+27%

40Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9413.1+23%

41▼5East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,9113.1+31%

42▲19West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,1343.2−3%

43▼19De Soto Parish, LALA27,3813.2+34%

44▼12Iberville Parish, LALA29,5793.2+25%

45▼1St. Landry Parish, LALA80,7653.2+19%

46Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4663.2+44%

47▲4St. James Parish, LALA18,9383.2+33%

48▼3St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5863.3+53%

49▲3Bossier Parish, LALA131,8673.3+42%

50▼2Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,2563.3+25%

51▼4Rapides Parish, LALA125,8773.3+35%

52▼10Acadia Parish, LALA57,0323.4+37%

53▼12Washington Parish, LALA44,9373.4+47%

54▼1St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6423.5+39%

55▲4Caddo Parish, LALA224,2263.5+42%

56▼7St. Tammany Parish, LALA279,1083.5+42%

57▼2Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5423.6+44%

58▼4Lafayette Parish, LALA257,9493.6+41%

59▲4Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,0893.7+26%

60▼4Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,3463.8+23%

61▼4Jefferson Parish, LALA431,3983.9+52%

62▼2East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1803.9+56%

63▼1Lincoln Parish, LALA48,3605.4+85%

64Orleans Parish, LALA362,1545.6+50%

SHOWING 1–64 OF 64

Download CSV (full list, 64 rows)How this score is calculated

UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES