Louisiana · 345 scored ZIPs · September 2026

Louisiana: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. That is the population-weighted reading across 345 scored ZIPs in Louisiana. Typical home value $222K, +1.4% over 12 months on average; listings take 79 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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Louisiana345 scored ZIPs

Leaning buyer−24

Typical value$222K+1.4% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market79 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut22%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$1,428/mo+3.3% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings15,695Across 333 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list96.8%13% sold above list, average · Redfin, May 2026

HavenScore56of 100

Average of 345 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability66

Growth45

Risk48

Momentum57

Livability52

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

On the map

345 scored ZIPs in Louisiana, colored by market balance.

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BuyersEvenSellers

One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about Louisiana.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

Illustration of raised cottages with wide porches and moss-hung live oaks in the yards

In Louisiana, typical home values rose by an average of 1.4% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 345 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

In August 2026, the average typical home value in Louisiana was $222K, weighted by population across its 345 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Louisiana sat in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −24, weighted by population across its 345 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Louisiana averaged 79 days, weighted by population across the 333 of its 345 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

In Louisiana, the share of listings with a price cut averaged 22% in September 2026, weighted by population across the 333 of its 345 scored ZIPs that report it; for the median U.S. ZIP it was 20% (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, Realtor.com counted 15,695 active listings across the 333 ZIPs in Louisiana that report listings.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.

Market cycle

Where each city sits: price momentum against buyer-seller pressure.

7 of 10 Louisiana cities read Cooling — prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.

Buyer's market
Leaning buyer
Balanced
Leaning seller
Seller's market
Named city (ink ring)

Cooling7 cities
Prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.
Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette and 4 more
Accelerating0 cities
Prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.
No city reads Accelerating now.
Softening3 cities
Prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.
New Orleans, Houma, Slidell
Firming0 cities
Prices still down over the year, but the market now leans toward sellers.
No city reads Firming now.

Each dot is a city with three or more scored ZIPs, placed by its population-weighted balance (right leans toward sellers) and its trailing-year price change (up is rising, Zillow ZHVI). Axes fit this state’s own spread and always include zero. Pressure tends to turn before prices do, which is what Cooling and Firming name.

Every city in the chart

City	Read	Prices, trailing year	Balance	ZIPs
Alexandria	Cooling	+0.9%	−36	3
Baton Rouge	Cooling	+0.4%	−24	16
Houma	Softening	−5.0%	−48	3
Lafayette	Cooling	+0.8%	−21	5
Lake Charles	Cooling	+0.1%	−27	5
Metairie	Cooling	+6.1%	−19	5
Monroe	Cooling	+2.2%	−9	3
New Orleans	Softening	−1.3%	−44	17
Shreveport	Cooling	+3.0%	−26	11
Slidell	Softening	−3.0%	−48	3

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	−48, buyer's market	70538Franklin, LA	69	$104K
2	−43, buyer's market	70802Baton Rouge, LA	68	$82K
3	−47, buyer's market	70601Lake Charles, LA	67	$104K
4	−15, leaning buyer	70518Broussard, LA	66	$284K
5	−22, leaning buyer	70592Youngsville, LA	66	$280K
6	−18, leaning buyer	70769Prairieville, LA	66	$340K
7	−23, leaning buyer	70503Lafayette, LA	65	$288K
8	−15, leaning buyer	70739Greenwell Springs, LA	65	$296K
9	−21, leaning buyer	70817Baton Rouge, LA	65	$309K
10	−10, balanced	70611Lake Charles, LA	64	$257K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in Louisiana, by county →

Cities

10 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City		HavenScore
1	Slidell	−48	57
2	Houma	−48	54
3	New Orleans	−44	51
4	Alexandria	−36	56
5	Lake Charles	−27	62
6	Shreveport	−26	57
7	Baton Rouge	−24	59
8	Lafayette	−21	62
9	Metairie	−19	51
10	Monroe	−9	55

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

46 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Saint Mary Parish	−50	63
2	Orleans Parish	−44	51
3	Terrebonne Parish	−43	53
4	Saint Tammany Parish	−40	55
5	Tangipahoa Parish	−40	55
6	Natchitoches Parish	−36	45
7	Lafourche Parish	−34	53
8	Saint Landry Parish	−34	56
9	Iberia Parish	−31	61
10	Plaquemines Parish	−31	58
11	Sabine Parish	−30	48
12	Beauregard Parish	−30	57

The other 34 counties, A to Z

County		HavenScore
Acadia Parish	−3	59
Allen Parish	−19	53
Ascension Parish	−12	60
Avoyelles Parish	−28	46
Bienville Parish	−7	51
Bossier Parish	−13	57
Caddo Parish	−21	56
Calcasieu Parish	−21	62
Caldwell Parish	+13	47
Concordia Parish	−25	45
East Baton Rouge Parish	−24	59
East Feliciana Parish	−15	55
Grant Parish	+7	55
Iberville Parish	−7	58
Jefferson Davis Parish	−10	55
Jefferson Parish	−22	51
Lafayette Parish	−19	62
LaSalle Parish	−12	60
Lincoln Parish	−14	46
Livingston Parish	−7	59
Morehouse Parish	−5	54
Ouachita Parish	−11	55
Pointe Coupee Parish	+8	56
Rapides Parish	−26	54
Saint Bernard Parish	−23	53
Saint Charles Parish	−13	56
Saint James Parish	+10	58
Union Parish	+3	47
Vermilion Parish	−8	58
Vernon Parish	−27	52
Washington Parish	−13	52
Webster Parish	−23	49
West Baton Rouge Parish	−6	60
West Carroll Parish	+2	55

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about Louisiana

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is Louisiana a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, Louisiana sits in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −24 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 345 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in Louisiana?
As of August 2026, typical home values in Louisiana had risen by an average of 1.4% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 345 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in Louisiana?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in Louisiana averaged 79 days, weighted by population across the 333 of its 345 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in Louisiana?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in Louisiana was $222K, weighted by population across its 345 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).